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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7501

14 February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene considers the implications of the reform of the county court system

Jeremy Nixon considers some of the employment law implications of the London Olympic Games

A divided Supreme Court has upheld & extended the Johnson exclusion zone, notes Anna Macey

Sarah Whitten endorses government proposals to encourage parental involvement

When is a travel agent not an agent, asks Katherine Deal

Barbara Hewson examines the uneasy relationship between guardians & resistive patients

Will government proposals under the Finance Bill increase gifts to charity, asks Emma Satterly

Michael Tringham untangles the latest family spats

Will-makers should put their affairs in order early, says Paul Grimwood

Dominic Regan puzzles over the latest Pt 36 conundrum

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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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