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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7473

06 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker crosses the picket line to investigate the right to strike

Dominic Regan tackles alternative business structures

Ian Smith pays respect to the latest developments in employment law

Richard Scorer on the battle to secure effective interim damages payments

One cannot rely upon one’s own wrong in the courtroom, observe Oliver Radley-Gardner & Mark Sefton

When can non-domestic rate demands be challenged ask Aidan Briggs
& Craig Barlow

Emma Davies prescribes a regulatory health check

The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1465) kills off 23 county courts and sets three execution dates over the next month.

Ruth Pratt examines the forthcoming changes to civil litigation funding

Charlotte Bradley reviews the “new” test for enforcing LSC cost orders

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

NEWS
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 
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
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
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’
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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