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17 June 2016

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Is it goodbye to freedom of testamentary disposition, ask Giselle Davies & Bethan Walsh

Embracing technology can help in-house counsel focus on profitable growth & future-proofing, explains Dr Marc K Peter

When does the common law listen to the child, asks David Burrows

Look to the data protection principles to solve hacking & trolling complaints, says Peter Thompson QC

Scott v Gavigan [2016] All ER (D) 35 (Jun)

Holyoake and another v Candy and others [2016] All ER (D) 213 (Apr)

Parker v Butler [2016] EWHC 1251 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 24 (Jun)

Typeface in legal documents should not be underestimated, says Athelstane Aamodt

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Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Firm announces appointment of next chair

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker

Director joins corporate team from the US

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NLJ this week: Policing the safeguards when appointing trust corporations

What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection?

NLJ this week: What the court considers when assessing refusal of ADR

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?

NLJ this week: Finding innovative ways to fund the justice gap

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

NLJ this week: Two’s company, but three’s a crowd in financial provision cases

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

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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7703

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu

Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus

Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker