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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7527

16 August 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

X County Council v a mother and others [2013] EWHC 953 (Fam)

Defining employment status is a tangled web, says Charlotte Stern

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme—again. James Davies reports on an old friend

Daniel Lightman unravels the puzzles within the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Peter Vaines rounds up the latest developments in the world of tax

Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWHC 1803 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 50 (Aug)

Brit Inns Ltd (in liquidation) and others v BDW Trading Ltd and another company; Barber and others v BDW Trading Ltd and another company [2012] EWHC 2143 (TCC); [2012] All ER (D) 34 (Aug)

TCP Europe Ltd v Perry and others [2012] EWHC 1940 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 52 (Aug)

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft v Round and Metal Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 2099 (Pat), [2012] All ER (D) 47 (Aug)

R (on the application of Capital Accommodation (London) Ltd (in Liquidation)) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2012] UKUT 276 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 68 (Aug)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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