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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
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Child—Abduction—Removal outside jurisdiction Premium Content

Re E (children) (international abduction) [2011] UKSC 27, [2011] All ER (D) 62 (Jun)

16 June 2011
It’s good to talk Premium Content

Concerned about the future of legal services? Talk to your accountant, suggests Joe Reevy

16 June 2011 / Joe Reevy
Just & reasonable Premium Content

James Wilson pays tribute to Lord Denning & the creation of the Mareva injunction

16 June 2011 / James Wilson
Criticisms falling on deaf ears?

Legal Services Board claims lawyers fail clients on complaints-handling

16 June 2011
Breaking new ground

Outdated land law to be reformed under new proposals

16 June 2011
Funding BAILII

BAILII, the free online legal materials provider, is currently appealing for donations.

16 June 2011
Child abduction ruling

Two Norwegian children brought to the UK by their British mother must be returned, the Supreme Court has unanimously held.

16 June 2011
Council unlawfully detain man

The Court of Protection has held that a local authority which accepted an autistic man into respite care for a few weeks and then kept him for a year acted unlawfully.

16 June 2011
New litigation funder

A new third party litigation funder, Vannin Capital, has launched, with “significant” backing by Isle of Man-based private equity firm, Bramden Investments.

16 June 2011
Debating marriage

Leading matrimonial lawyers have agreed that more needs to be done to update England’s matrimonial laws and bring them in line with contemporary jurisdictions

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Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

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Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

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NLJ this week: Divorce ‘nuclear weapon’ freezes assets but entangles outsiders
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Your magistrates’ court needs you!
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’ 
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