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Tom Walker

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Tom Walker, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Tom Walker, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Constructive dismissal upholds the law of contract, but with a human touch, says Tom Walker

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall consider the length of restrictive covenants

Should employees be paid to sleep? Tom Walker reports

Tom Walker & Phillip D’Costa review the status of LLP members

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall explain why some employees may have less waiting time between jobs in future

Employers can now act with greater flexibility in a redundancy exercise, says Tom Walker

Does UK plc have the right to strike? Tom Walker reports

Tom Walker shares a cautionary tale or two about “protected conversations”

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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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