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Steve Hynes

Consultant

Steve Hynes is a freelance consultant and writer. He was previously director of LAG (Legal Action Group).

Consultant

Steve Hynes is a freelance consultant and writer. He was previously director of LAG (Legal Action Group).

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

The MoJ is travelling in the right direction but is it too little too late, asks Steve Hynes

Steve Hynes wants the 70th anniversary of legal aid to mark a sea-change in public funding

Steve Hynes charts the geography of political celebrity advice deserts

Steve Hynes welcomes the Labour party’s commitment to widening access to justice & hopes the government will track back from LASPO

What can legal aid practitioners & users learn from the World Cup? Steve Hynes plays a blinder

Steve Hynes takes time out to explain the complexities of the tendering process for legal advice telephone services

Steve Hynes discusses the root causes of a big rise in employment tribunal cases

The review of LASPO should be used as an opportunity to develop a vision for early advice services, says Steve Hynes

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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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