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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7746

19 May 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Hilary Aldred & Gemma Woodhouse deal with the requirement to report under the Gender Pay Gap Regulations

Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd and another; Richborough Estates Partnership LLP and another v Cheshire East Borough Council [2017] UKSC 37, [2017] All ER (D) 55 (May)

Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd [2017] EWHC 1017 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 50 (May)

Agile working requires a real culture change, says Warren Wooldridge

Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2017] UKSC 36, [2017] All ER (D) 51 (May)

R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another and other cases [2017] EWCA Civ 321, [2017] All ER (D) 52 (May)

Has the judgment in Ilott muddied the waters regarding an adult child’s claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Dependents) Act 1975, asks Martin Mears

The Supreme Court has re-established the orthodoxy in indirect discrimination, says Spencer Keen

TCG Pubs Ltd (in administration) and another v Master and Wardens or Governors of the Art or Mystery of the Girdlers of London [2017] EWHC 772 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 81 (May)

Geoffrey Bindman reflects on the trial of Socrates & the power of politics to defeat human rights

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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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