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Charles Foster

Barrister

Charles Foster is a barrister at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square.

Barrister

Charles Foster is a barrister at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
“A meticulous, highly readable, and profoundly disturbing examination of the merits of the slippery slope arguments”

It’s time to adopt a more mature approach to liability, says Charles Foster

What the doctor said: Charles Foster looks at developments in patient autonomy & causation

Should pregnant mothers owe a duty to their unborn children? Charles Foster & Julian Savulescu review the legal & ethical issues

Charles Foster examines material contribution in clinical negligence & personal injury litigation

Montgomery is the belated obituary, not the death knell, of medical paternalism, says Charles Foster

Advance decisions for incapacitous patients haven’t been let in through the back door, says Charles Foster

Charles Foster reports on a case that seeks to clarify best interests, in the best interests of clarity

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Firm announces appointment of next chair

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Director joins corporate team from the US

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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