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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7812

12 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

“It is a book that could be cited in court with confidence”

Are the courts softening their approach to late changes to experts? Dr Chris Pamplin reports

Mark Solon shares some tips for would-be expert witnesses

Ticket touts, inflated prices and misleading information. Alec Samuels looks at the problematic area of resold tickets

Neil Parpworth considers the current arguments and sensitivities surrounding the use of stop and search

Michael Zander QC considers a sobering new report on the UK’s collision course towards a no deal Brexit

In this month’s brief, Ian Smith shines the spotlight on some age-old ambiguities

What authority does the government have to limit the participation of pension funds in political campaigns, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

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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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