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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7596

28 February 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

The banks’ imposition of business support measures on small to medium-sized business have gone awry, a banking lawyer has warned.
 

In an exclusive series David Burrows puts the new family court under scrutiny & assesses its ability to deliver justice

What impact will the new European Medical Device Regulations have on UK medicine, asks Sarah Moore

Will proposed new legislation improve consumer rights? Karen Clubb reports

Alison Padfield considers the limits on the freedom to choose a lawyer

R (on the application of Hiri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 254 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 165 (Feb)

British Telecommunicatons plc v Office of Communications [2014] EWCA Civ 133, [2014] All ER (D) 158 (Feb)

R (on the application of Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health and others [2014] EWCA Civ 12, [2014] All ER (D) 170 (Feb)

Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers Assurances [2014] EWCA Civ 138, [2014] All ER (D) 178 (Feb)

Softhouse Consulting Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] All ER (D) 224 (Feb)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

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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