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20 April 2018
Issue: 7789 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

Administrative law

R (on the application of Norwich Livestock Market Ltd) v Norwich City Council [2018] EWHC 648 (Admin) [2018] All ER (D) 187 (Mar)

The Administrative Court allowed a claim for judicial review, challenging a local authority’s decision to enter into a deed of surrender concerning a site in Harford in Norwich, which decision, the claimant contended, amounted to the discontinuance of the cattle market there. The court held that there had been a purported disposal, by the local authority, of all property interest in the site, from which the claimant livestock auctioneer operated, contrary to s 4(2) of the Norwich City Council Act 1984.

Building contract

R.G. Carter Building Ltd v Kier Business Services Ltd (formerly Mouchel Business Services Ltd) [2018] EWHC 729 (TCC) [2018] All ER (D) 12 (Apr)

On the proper construction of s 10(4) of the Limitation Act 1980, the time for bringing a claim to recover a contribution under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 only started to run from the date of a ‘binding’ agreement as to the

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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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