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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7811

05 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

In the first of a special series of LexisNexis Legal Awards Profiles, we speak to David Pryce, the managing partner of 2018's Law Firm of the Year, Fenchurch Law

Richard Harrison considers Hamilton’s written advocacy skills as exemplified in The Reynolds Pamphlet

Claire Kitchen shares best practice advice on how to deal with the actions & behaviours of the perpetrators of harassment & stalking

97, 98, 100; new CPR update; bonus for ice cream vans; cold calling targeted.

The High Court rules that the MIB is an emanation of the state. Nicholas Bevan reports.

Can there be an express declaration of trust, without any declaration? Mark Warwick QC investigates

Clarity on non-party documentation: David Burrows investigates the power to order production of documents in family cases

Steve Hynes welcomes the Labour party’s commitment to widening access to justice & hopes the government will track back from LASPO

Modern family types outside marriage for heterosexuals to be recognised

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

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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