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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7511

24 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has welcomed a new president, vice-president, and treasurer this month.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced the latest organisation it has licensed as an alternative business structure (ABS).

The Manchester office of Gateley has appointed solicitor Joanne Radcliff to its family division.

Tilly Brady, a school girl from Barnet, has won a competition to design a screen saver to promote Coram Children’s Legal Centre...

DAC Beachcroft has recruited a new chief executive officer to lead its claims solutions group.

APIL president warns of “frightening” lack of detail in Legal Aid Bill

LSB research highlights need for regulation of will writers

Declaration to ease workload of ECtHR

Significant problems mark postponement of Rolls Building e-working project

Halsbury's Law Exchange & Eversheds host media panel discussion

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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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