Athelstane Aamodt
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Athelstane Aamodt, group legal advisor, Associated Newspapers Limited (www.dmgmedia.co.uk).
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Athelstane Aamodt, group legal advisor, Associated Newspapers Limited (www.dmgmedia.co.uk).
Athelstane Aamodt asks: when is a signature not a signature?
How has a phrase that appears nowhere in the supreme law of the US managed to become part of it? Athelstane Aamodt considers the history
As the world waits to find out who will become the next pope, Athelstane Aamodt explains how the Catholic Church will make the decision
As the Bill progresses through Parliament, Athelstane Aamodt looks back at millennia of arguments for & against assisted dying
Not only the athletes but the lawyers should win a gold medal, writes Athelstane Aamodt
Athelstane Aamodt on the earthly laws of celestial bodies
How do we regulate the treatment of the dead? Athelstane Aamodt digs up the truth
Athelstane Aamodt considers whether the US Constitution can put the brakes on the Trump campaign
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach
Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office
Farrer & Co—Richard Lane
Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner
Bird & Bird—Sue McLean
Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner
NEWS
What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection?
Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?
When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ
When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
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