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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7496

11 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Royston makes no excuses for bad government decision-making

John McMullen reviews recent case law on TUPE in the UK & Europe

Dominic Regan predicts good times ahead for UK litigators

Geoffrey Bindman identifies the roadblocks to international justice

Are we edging towards a single, universally applicable, “test” of habitual residence? Simon Blain reports

Will natural sympathy for asbestos sufferers trump policy concerns? Elizabeth Carley reports

Michael Tringham examines the law relating to inheritance by children

Proposed reforms to intestacy law reflect the reality of modern families, says Joel Wolchover

Daniel Curran highlights the problems caused by incomplete heir research

Roderick Ramage provides a rough guide to TUPE, pensions & contracting-out

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

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

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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