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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7540

29 November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Prest v Prest overturns 30 years of family case law, says Craig Rose

Is ENE the key to resolving dilapidations disputes, asks Martin Burns

Cometh the autumn: cometh the lecture, says Roger Smith

Survivors of torture will suffer further due to legal aid cuts, says Piya Muqit

District Judge Gordon Ashton examines capacity & the courts, through the pages of Atkin’s Court Forms

Sarah Johnson concludes that the devil will be in the detail of employee owner contracts

What do property owners expect of flood risk assessments, asks David Mole

Alec Samuels examines the arguments for and against fencing common land

Alec Samuels examines the trials & tribulations of the second wife

Louis Flannery concludes his analysis of Berezovsky v Abramovich

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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
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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