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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7533

09 October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan predicts the shape of things to come

Geoffrey Bindman QC examines the law & politics of human rights

Stephen Levinson studies employment tribunal statistics & government policy

FPR 2010 deals with the subject of inquiry & information inconsistently, says David Burrows

Andrew Francis examines the risks involved in construing the wording of legal documents

Christopher Jessel summarises the forthcoming changes to manorial rights

Does the new Avengers film highlight a shift in American perceptions of the UN & its ability to maintain global peace? Dr James A Green investigates

How safe are pensions in bankruptcy, asks Jane Wolstenholme

Some criminal advocates only change their speeches to the jury and some family legal aid counsel can only afford to change their shirts once a year

Stannard (t/a Wyvern Tyres) v Gore [2012] EWCA Civ 1248, [2012] All ER (D) 44 (Oct)

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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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