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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7548

12 February 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith considers courts & constitutions

Craig Rose applauds the sensitive approach taken to settle AI v MT

Ian Smith considers apportioning liability between respondents & the correct approach to Polkey

Geraldine Morris examines the issues of occupation rent & equitable accounting in cohabitant cases

Kari S Carstairs & Nicholas Tubb explore the implications of a proposed new diagnosis of a pathological grief reaction for PI claims

Nicholas Bevan explains why national law shouldn’t be permitted to undermine the effectiveness of Community law

Tenants should beware of outstanding rent reviews & any potential liability, as Ruby Dalal & Malcolm Dowden explain

Julian Copeman investigates the impact of the Prudential case on legal advice privilege

Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd and another v United Utilities Water plc [2013] EWCA Civ 40, [2013] All ER (D) 72 (Feb)

Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG I. Ins v CMA CGM [2013] EWHC 171 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 68 (Feb)

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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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