THIS ISSUE
Keith Wilding reflects on the steps needed to bring about an ‘enduring legacy of mental health support’
Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry & Bryden Dalitz consider recent developments on legal professional privilege
Simon Parsons shares a brief history of the interpretation & use of Wednesbury unreasonableness
Can digital systems benefit suspects in the police station? Michael Zander considers some of the legal issues
Where do today’s professional paralegals stand when it comes to legal professional privilege? Amanda Hamilton & Jane Robson report
Opening up the senior judiciary to chartered legal executives is key to tackling its diversity problem, says Simon Garrod
Bar chief warns against ‘snap decisions’ to curb judicial review
Law firm DAC Beachcroft has launched two digital products from its Innovations Lab for clients with insurance claims
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach
Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office
Farrer & Co—Richard Lane
Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner
Bird & Bird—Sue McLean
Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner
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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