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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7491

22 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
The impact of the referral fee ban

Leading industry figures debate referral fee reform in NLJ webcast

24 November 2011
Lords reveal concerns

The House of Lords constitution committee has highlighted “significant” concerns with the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, which is now at second reading stage in the Lords.

23 November 2011
Firms lose out in family bid

Family lawyers group Resolution has criticised the Legal Services Commission (LSC) bidding process after one in 10 family law legal aid firms lost its contract.

23 November 2011
Lucky pensions day for judges?

Advocate general Kokott has handed down her opinion in the long-running judges’ pensions case of O’Brien.

23 November 2011
In contempt?

HLE blogger James Wilson says...

23 November 2011 / Hle Blog
Sarah Leroy AXA Real Estate

AXA Real Estate has promoted Sarah Leroy as global head of legal.

23 November 2011
Sheppard & Smith 15 Old Bailey

Sheppard & Smith, the only City-based solicitors firm to focus solely on EU competition and regulatory law, is now open at 15 Old Bailey.

23 November 2011
Kevin Kerrigan Northumbria University

Northumbria University has appointed Kevin Kerrigan as dean of its School of Law.

23 November 2011
Mayer Brown Six London partners

Mayer Brown has announced the promotion of six partners in London.

23 November 2011
Smart casual?

Supreme Court president Lord Phillips has dropped the requirement that barristers and other advocates wear traditional court dress...

23 November 2011
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London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

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Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

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Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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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