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21 March 2014
Issue: 7599 / Categories: Legal News
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Gold in the court

DJ Gold limbers up for the single County Court 

District Judge Stephen Gold continues his preview of the new “single” County Court, which opens for business on 22 April, in “Civil Way” this week. DG Gold also provides an update on the ripple effect of Mitchell through the courts, including one shipping case where relief was granted for a deadline missed by 46 minutes, and another shipping case where it was not because the judge said the default was the foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s decision not to pay legal fees which it was able to pay.

Issue: 7599 / Categories: Legal News
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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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