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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7855

13 September 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

Graeme Fraser shares ten family law priorities with the new Lord Chancellor…for when Parliament returns

Nicholas Dobson mulls recent Parliamentary shenanigans & wonders how the dice will fall in the Supreme Court

Reducing the role of the reasonable man in a rectification context: Julia Petrenko & Edward Peters on FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v Glas Trust Corporation Ltd

Rob Jones, Jenny Young & Matthew Fox report on the dangers of auto-renewing contracts for medium & large businesses

This week: respondent’s unknown address; CSA chargeback; venue for set aside; upping costs; summary judgment omission; right of audience.

Mark Pawlowski questions the usefulness of legal fictions in English law

Ian Smith highlights the importance of keeping your eye on the employment law ball & keeping an eye out for unicorns

The conflict between legal & political obligations is at the root of the current crisis, says 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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