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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7554

28 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Peter Thompson QC assesses the impact of Jackson on the reasonable person

Many solicitors are anticipating the legal aid cuts with an increasing sense of doom, says Cara Nuttall

Jo Renshaw outlines the effect LASPO 2012 will have on those doing publicly funded work

Marc Weller tracks the origins & the compliance issues associated with the prohibition of the use of force in international relations

How do courts deal with the question of costs where an arbitration award is being challenged? James Harrison reports

Andy Glenie & Georgia Dunphy explain how to go about enforcing your judgment in New Zealand

Jacksonchat, tribunal rules & child's play

Martin Burns highlights the benefits of appointing a commercial mediator

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 587 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 202 (Mar)

Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17, [2013] All ER (D) 190 (Mar)

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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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