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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7691

18 March 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Nottingham City Council v LW and others [2016] EWHC 11 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 59 (Mar)

R (on the application of Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWCA Civ 125, [2016] All ER (D) 82 (Mar)

Nicholas Dobson examines the use of prerogative powers & review

Samara v MBI & Partners UK Ltd and others [2016] EWHC 441 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 69 (Mar)

Unbundling cases could offer a helping hand to litigants in person, as Robin Denford explains

Think carefully before declining ADR outright, warns Dominic Regan

Kim Beatson & Angelina Milon provide an update on leave to remove cases

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Khan [2016] EWCA Civ 137, [2016] All ER (D) 75 (Mar)

"Carry on groping in the dark if you wish; better I think to buy, beg or borrow this text"

Sarpd Oil International Ltd v Addax Energy SA and another [2016] EWCA Civ 120, [2016] All ER (D) 56 (Mar)

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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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