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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7795

01 June 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

John Gould puts disciplinary procedures & the standard of proof required by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal under the spotlight

Chris Pamplin considers the question of expert confidentiality & trade secrets

Nicholas Dobson analyses freedom of information & commercial interests

David Burrows discusses the loss of the EU Charter & the potential impact on children

​Simon Parsons considers the future of human rights after Brexit

As demand for housing rises, lawyers are deploying s 84 applications to overcome the barrier of restrictive covenants. Andrew Francis offers advice

​Alison Padfield QC looks at cyber insurance in the light of the GDPR and asks: what is it, and who needs it?

Nick Vamos & Philip Gardner discuss competing approaches to digital evidence gathering

All hail R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor & the Justice Select Committee, says Patrick Allen

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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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