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Rod Lambert & Christopher Reekie revisit Directors’ Disqualification Orders

Chris Baguley, Managing Director of Bridging Finance Limited, has been appointed the new Chairman of Pro Manchester and promises to help the organisation move “back to its roots” as a business development organisation.

Dominic Regan casts a wry eye over some unusual cases..

An opposite-sex couple is filing an application for a civil partnership at London’s Islington Registry Office.

Important terms in agreements should be flagged up, not hidden in small print

Firms need to do more than tick the diversity boxes in today's market, says Margaret Mannell

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law
 

Switalski v F&C Asset Management Plc [2009] All ER (D) 06 (Jan)

Law Alderson v Wings Aeromedical Services Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Jan)

Solicitors claim the silk selection procedure is biased towards barristers and too costly and time consuming to complete. 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

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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