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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7603

17 April 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall explain why some employees may have less waiting time between jobs in future

Does the Johnson exclusion zone apply to constructive dismissal? Anna Macey reports

Robert O’Leary returns to the subject of who bears the risk for a working prisoner’s negligence

Alexander Bastin assesses the impact of Daejan Investments v Benson...a year on

Sophy Miles & Beverley Taylor highlight the problems stemming from the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Is there a right to inspect a defendant’s liability insurance, ask Rawdon Crozier & Anthony Eskander

Peter Vaines calls for greater security for taxpayers against negligence charges & a dose of common sense

R (on the application of JC and another) v Central Criminal Court [2014] EWHC 1041 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 53 (Apr)

Ryanair Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioner [2014] EWCA Civ 410, [2014] All ER (D) 44 (Apr)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Firm announces appointment of next chair

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Director joins corporate team from the US

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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