THIS ISSUE
Charles Pigott reports on defining the limits of religious discrimination
Receivers & possession: Cecily Crampin & Tricia Hemans suggest looking past the agency device
Open the cage; master of the court: five days left; editing the experts; success fees unsuccessful.
Simon Davenport QC & Helen Pugh examine the reasons behind the buoyancy of Russian/CIS litigation in London
Shamilee Arora & Arish Bharucha review recent developments in Indian arbitration & insolvency law
Kay Linnell shares a personal account of the road to becoming an expert witness… plus a few inside tips
After scrutinising the performance of the Bribery Act 2010, Lord Saville reports back on its triumphs & tribulations
Julian Chamberlayne provides an update on the current position on the discount rate, & analyses the recent call for evidence
Current ‘unduly harsh’ rate under government scrutiny
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu
Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department
Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus
Firm announces appointment of next chair
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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