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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7790

27 April 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

In their final update on the challenges & triumphs of technology in court Michael Fletcher & Helen Pugh share their reflections on the trial experience

There are more ways of considering digital property than there are commentators, as Roderick Ramage explains

Sarah Moore reviews the current state of product liability in the UK, & asks: is it time for a consumer revolution?

Kathryn Purkis analyses the transfer of trusteeship & what it means for the survival of a lien

David Burrows laments the unnecessary & harmful complexities of the child support scheme

The Justice First Fellowship scheme is using law to change the world, says Fiona Bawdon

Brexit & transition. Prepare for the worst & hope for the best, says David Greene

Demands for no-fault divorce increase ahead of Owens v Owens

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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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