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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7778

26 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Free searches; hurry!; CPR welcome; Reclaiming after strike out; Tell the truth.

Richard Harrison considers the practicalities & legalities of ‘coming off the record’

UK higher education & Brexit—Hilary Aldred asks if there is any silver lining

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Paul McClorry discusses jurisdiction in claims which occur in countries outside of the EU

How will Brexit affect the flow of EU students to UK universities? Matthew Homewood & Simon Boyes share their predictions

Alec Samuels reflects on a war that has not yet been won

Breaking (new) law: David Burrows reports on the challenges of Re M (Children)

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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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