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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7506

22 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of FDA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2012] EWCA Civ 332, [2012] All ER (D) 139 (Mar)

Should customers be king in the post-LSA legal landscape, asks Jon Robins

Alexandra Marks provides inspiration & advice for would-be judges

John McMullen tackles TUPE’s “gold-plated” SPC rules

Karen O’Sullivan considers limitation & the impact of delay

David Burrows notes the complexities that surround the severance of joint tenancy

Edward Peters & Tamsin Cox lay out the issues surrounding the resurrection of a landlord & tenant riddle

The heat is on for organisations & individuals who do not pay heed to fire safety precautions, notes Gerard Forlin QC

David Hertzell & Colin Moore examine the potential benefits & pitfalls of the Common European Sales Law

In the first article in a special NLJ costs series, William Gibson reports on “safe” retainers & firefighting

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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
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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