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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7536

30 October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE
An open & shut case? Premium Content

James Wilson recalls the day when zombies invaded the courtroom

02 November 2012 / James Wilson
Earthquake ruling

HLE Blogger Simon Hetherington calls for reason over the Italian earthquake jailings

31 October 2012 / Hle Blog
Andrea Coomber - Justice

Andrea Coomber has been appointed the new director of Justice

31 October 2012
Scott Rees & Co

Six newly qualified solicitors at Lancashire firm

31 October 2012
Time to move on? Premium Content

Is it really possible to move on from the LASPO debate, asks Jon Robins

31 October 2012 / Dr Jon Robins
College of Law

The College of Law is to enhance its existing Legal Practice Course

31 October 2012
David Davies - Bates Wells & Braithwaite

Bates, Wells & Braithwaite has announced that David Davies has been appointed partner in the firm’s corporate and commercial team

31 October 2012
Breaking through Premium Content

Lucy Scott-Moncrieff charts the rise of female lawyers

31 October 2012 / Lucy Scott-moncrieff
A new direction? Premium Content

Catherine Vine plots the Law Commission’s plan for matrimonial property, needs & agreements

31 October 2012 / Catherine Vine
Marcus Stemmer-Baldwin - Sinels

Jersey law firm Sinels has appointed Marcus Stemmer-Baldwin to head up its award-winning litigation and dispute resolution practice

31 October 2012
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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

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Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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NLJ this week: Divorce ‘nuclear weapon’ freezes assets but entangles outsiders
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 
NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do
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
Your magistrates’ court needs you!
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed
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’
NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits
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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