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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7527

16 August 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Richard Moorhead toys with ethical dilemmas & regulatory barriers

Andy Cottle explains why baseball arbitration may fail to win over the Brits

Peter Whitman debates the pros & cons of selecting your own tribunal

Establishing the proper law of an arbitration agreement is key, says Khawar Qureshi QC

In the final of three articles Margaret Tofalides & Clare Arthurs discuss s 69 arbitration challenges

James Wilson slams state meddling in the taste buds of a nation

Mediation should be the nanny in the nursery of matrimonial disputes, says Paul Tweed

Paul Fisher shares his views on how to avert a pro bono crisis

David Locke reports from the client’s side of the road

Law Society fights bank’s conveyancing panel cull

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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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