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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7510

17 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The use of springboard injunctions by employers is soaring, says Richard Owen-Thomas

Successive governments have failed to protect RTA victims. It’s time to act, says Nicholas Bevan

Will reform resolve the legal minefield of easements by prescription, asks Christopher Warenius

Tim Spencer-Lane breaks down the consultation on health care regulation

A trust should express, not obstruct, a court’s will, says Jenny Duggan

Ed Mitchell provides an update on community care law

Paul Lowenstein QC & Teniola Onabanjo detail why London has become a centre for international litigation

Iain Stark examines the changes afoot in the world of costs

In the second article in a special NLJ costs series, William Gibson revisits estimates

Dr Ann Brady welcomes the government’s mediation proposals

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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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