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Mark Pawlowski dips into two classic films depicting good lawyering in class actions involving river pollution

James Goudkamp offers a practical perspective on the tort of malicious prosecution of civil proceedings

Housing associations, independent schools and other charities are to be excluded from the extension of the freedom of information regime.

News in Brief

Inheritance disputes are spreading to the world of trusts. Michael Tringham reports

Regulation

Is it time for employers to embrace social networking? ask Stephen Robinson & James Pike

Experian explain how UAR is reuniting people with their rightful inheritance

Is there a future for the probate practitioner? asks Linda Packard

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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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