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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7547

06 January 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Henry v NGN demonstrates a firmer line needs to be taken on costs budgeting, says Dominic Regan

The legal profession needs to wake up and smell the coffee, warns Andrew Parker

Has a recent High Court ruling created a new concept of accidental dismissal? Peter Taheri reports

Should vulnerable people who provide information on alleged abuse be entitled to public interest immunity? David Burrows investigates

Meghann McTague examines the impact of recent case law on the scope of vicarious liability in abuse claims

Nicholas Bevan continues his series on compensating RTA victims & finds our national law provision wanting

A recent High Court decision appears to sound another blow for landlords. Siobhan Jones reports

Liquidators can apply the hindsight principle when assessing whether a company is past the point of no return, reports Simon Duncan

Tom Bell debates the pros & cons of disapplying CPR 36.14

Wall v Mutuelle De Poitiers Assurances [2013] EWHC 53 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 208 (Jan)

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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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