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Philip Thornton considers fairness & accountability in public office dismissals

David Tyme on territorial jurisdiction and the right not to be unfairly dismissed

Keith Patten assesses responsibility for injuries caused by work equipment

Law lords rule on off-site health & safety duties

Tom Walker says it’s time to review our approach to grievances

Expect a more robust approach to harassment cases, says Elliot Gold

Is promoting faith in the workplace a no-go area? asks Charles Pigott

Deborah Edwards reports on limitation and constructive knowledge in industrial disease claims

Small v London Ambulance Service NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 220, [2009] All ER (D) 179 (Mar)

A High Court ruling last week has shattered hopes of compensation for scores of North East miners with vibration white finger (VWF), says Roger Maddocks, partner at Irwin Mitchell.

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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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