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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7817

16 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

John Cooper QC on legal films & the magical ingredients which mean they will always be top of the bill

Worse for assured shortholds; searching for an adoptee; stay halts service; old maintenance arrears.

​Paul Hewitt reports on how to resolve mistakes & ambiguities in wills & the fallout from a geographical error

Despite the push towards transparency in pricing, John Gould explains why comparing legal services like-for-like isn’t so simple

​Can the Duke of Wellington stop Brexit?

In the first part of a special series on road traffic accident reform, Nicholas Bevan reports on the challenges posed by automated vehicles

​In this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith takes on whistleblowing & exclusion & gives a nod to Sweden

​Dominic Regan provides some answers to the civil procedure worries keeping you up at night

Law Society launches guidance papers outlining no deal risks

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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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