What is the Hague Judgments Convention, & what does it mean for the UK? Janna Purdie provides the answers
Janna Purdie provides a handy guide to cross-border service & jurisdiction clauses
Janna Purdie provides an overview of the forthcoming CPR changes
A round-up of some of the court decisions to date
Janna Purdie emphasises the increasing importance of keeping skeleton arguments in check
Janna Purdie reviews a novel approach to litigation funding
Janna Purdie provides an update on notice clauses & supporting evidence
Ruth Pratt & Janna Purdie provide an update on the recent changes to the civil procedure rules
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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