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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7478

10 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

How Bribery Act-compliant is UK Plc?

Dominic Regan sifts through the Jackson winners & losers

Roger Smith considers what might happen to the Human Rights Act

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter examine the award of uplifts in employment tribunals

Keith Patten observes the move away from compensation for claimants who were in part liable for their injury

Graham Sievers analyses parental alcohol use, from abstinence through to chronic abuse

Could a presumption in favour of sustainability have the opposite effect, ask Malcolm Dowden & Jen Hawkins

Alternative dispute resolution Guide 2011

Susan Nash provides an end of term report on human rights developments

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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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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