THIS ISSUE
Overcoming restriction; petty relocation; inheritance ruling dead; mousy divorces
Shane Crawford discusses pursuing a claim against the employer during a statutory moratorium, under the Insolvency Act 1986
Andrew Bruce explains the grounds for sweeping away a leasehold covenant under s 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925
Martin Baxter & Safia Iman explain why achieving long term environmental targets will rely on holding successive governments to account
Nicholas Dobson shares his analysis of the recent Supreme Court prorogation decision—right but wrong?
Judges have whistle-blowing protection, the Supreme Court has held in a unanimous, landmark ruling.
Lawyers have welcomed the inclusion of divorce reform among 26 bills in the Queen’s Speech but expressed concerns about tougher sentencing proposals
Personal injury lawyers have reacted furiously to plans to block veterans from compensation claims.
LexisNexis has published its third report on Brexit, this time looking at the implications for the UK of a no-deal Brexit.
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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