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Tim Spencer-Lane

Lawyer

Tim Spencer-Lane, lawyer, Law Commission. (tim.spencer-lane@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk; www.lawcom.gov.uk)

Lawyer

Tim Spencer-Lane, lawyer, Law Commission. (tim.spencer-lane@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk; www.lawcom.gov.uk)

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Tim Spencer-Lane reports on a ground-breaking Mental Health Bill

Tim Spencer-Lane provides an overview of the Law Commission’s review of the deprivation of liberty safeguards

"Dementia law therefore continues to be in a state of flux but this book provides an authoritative overview of the current state of play"

Challenging a local authority on procedural grounds can prove difficult, as Tim Spencer-Lane reports

Tim Spencer-Lane highlights some of the faultlines in the Mental Capacity Act

Tim Spencer-Lane examines recent case law involving the community care responsibilities of local councils

Tim Spencer-Lane breaks down the consultation on health care regulation

Tim Spencer-Lane locks down the flaws of the DOLS

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

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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