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12 June 2008
Issue: 7325 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest
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CRIMINAL LITIGATION

R v Khan [2008] EWCA Crim 1112, [2008] All ER (D) 298 (May)

Historically, the authorities state that there is an absolute principle that no further evidence should be given after the Judge’s summing-up has been concluded and the jury has retired. However, in recent years this principle has been subject to some relaxation (R v K [2005] EWCA Crim 346, [2005] All ER (D) 227 (Feb) and R v Hallam [2007] EWCA Crim 1495, [2007] All ER (D) 11 (Aug) followed).

Issue: 7325 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest
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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
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
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?
In this week’s NLJ, Fred Philpott, Gough Square Chambers, invites us to imagine there was no statutory limitation. What would that world be like?
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
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