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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7555

12 April 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

J1 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 279, [2013] All ER (D) 283 (Mar)

R (on the application of Nagre) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 720 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 15 (Apr)

Sinclair v Glatt and others [2013] EWCA Civ 241, [2013] All ER (D) 295 (Mar)

R (on the application of Copson) v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2013] EWHC 732 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 24 (Apr)

Taking on the brightest & best lawyers is not always the greatest strategy, as Tim Bellis reports

"During her robed tenure, Rose handled some of the most talked about cases in the history of the English common law"

Children in limbo after court ruling on legal aid in family cases

“No use” having interpreters there on only 98% of occasions when they are required

MoJ consultation on draft Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill

LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards are held

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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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