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Latest CPR update: the rest; no more meetings; & don’t discount a withdrawal.

Vanishing claims; legal advisers get judgy; & managing incurred costs.

More paper for non-moles; destroying a buffet; & Court of Appeal fix

PI claims: keep out!; Master Kay’s room & How to lose a £43K deposit

Possession obstruction; CPR 87th update; Hearing fee refunds axed & “Don’t tell the wife”

New possession ground; agent loses £42K commission; suspended by taxman; & a casual mistake

Defamatory guts; blame the accountant; & wretched costs

Fee remission less painful; divorce competitions & civil appeal form changes

Pension relief for bankrupts; Suspended order shock; Family non-disclosure; Insolvency Rules found

Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

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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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