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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7774

14 December 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

​Dominic Regan shares some festive tips on wine, accoutrements & sources

Fee reductions, the rise in litigants in person & the tight timetables mean expert witnesses are not happy as Mark Solon explains

Is Hong Kong ready for the One Belt, One Road ‘goldrush’? Barry Fletcher reports

Is there anything that civil procedure could import from arbitration to improve the resolution of costs disputes, asks Andy Ellis

Julian Chamberlayne reviews the Justice Committee’s report on the discount rate

In the second of a series of articles, Rollits LLP consider the role of data protection officers & the issues surrounding obtaining valid consent

Carol Dalton reviews the state of vicarious liability in 2017

Solicitors & mediators should work in tandem, says Caroline Bowden​.

Calls for public inquiries to publish interim reports

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

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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