THIS ISSUE
In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, looks at trespass on the field of play. It’s just not cricket!
What is asset tokenization? In this week’s NLJ, Michael Patchett-Joyce continues a series of cyber articles by 36 Commercial.
In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan laments the terrible delays faced by a claimant, who had food poisoning on holiday in 2014, whose claim was not given a fair trial and who has only just been given leave to appeal by the Supreme Court—eight years after falling ill.
You are the victim of fraud—how likely are you to succeed in a claim against your fraudster’s bank? In this week’s NLJ, David McIlroy, barrister at Forum Chambers, and Jon Felce, partner, and Rosie Wild, senior associate, at Cooke, Young & Keidan, address this question.
With one claimant left waiting nearly a year for permission to appeal, Dominic Regan offers some advice to the judiciary for cutting down on delays: try shorter judgments?
What is the likelihood of success in claims against a fraudster’s bank? David McIlroy, Jon Felce & Rosie Wild explain why financial institutions should not rest easy when it comes to fraud claims
Pitch invaders beware: Neil Parpworth examines the aggravated trespass offence on the field of play
What is tokenization & why it is becoming important today? Michael Patchett-Joyce of 36 Commercial provides a rundown of the expanding asset token economy
Elaborate lies on a CV are never a good idea, especially when the Supreme Court gets involved: David Walbank KC reports on some tall tales & costly consequences
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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