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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7500

08 February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins looks behind the scenes of Slater & Gordon’s recent buy-out

Is the small claims court so bad, asks Peter Thompson QC

When should junior court proceedings be stayed in favour of the High Court, asks Felicia Epstein

Patrick Allen joins the debate over whiplash claims

Tony Marks & Jonathan Tecks introduce a new family member

Siobhan Jones recounts the rise (& fall) of the “protester squatter”

Susan Nash considers the latest human rights developments

Nick Young & Richard Holden picture a post-euro debt landscape

Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd [2012] EWHC 28 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 173 (Jan)
Chancery Division, Roth J, 20 Jan 2012

Schmitt v Deichmann and others [2012] EWHC 62 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 177 (Jan)

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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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