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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7511

24 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene explores the gaps in the LASPO Bill

The coalition’s reforms to the tribunal system will impair justice, insists David Renton

The LSLA’s first female president Francesca Kaye considers the interest surrounding her appointment

Charles Pigott explains how & why age can be a case apart

What do children cases actually decide, asks Simon Johnson

Patrick Allen sums up the current approach to the discount or enhancement of damages

Susan Nash provides an update on the latest human rights controversies

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Clive Sheldon QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation

Re Erskine Trust [2012] EWHC 732 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 03 (Apr)

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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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