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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7255

11 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

R v Richardson [2006] EWCA Crim 3186, [2006] EWCA Crim 3186

Issues of costs overshadow any litigation. Richard Harrison identifies some specific areas where the assessment system might be reformed

Coombe v DPP [2006] EWHC 3263 (Admin), [2006] All ER (D) 296 (Dec):

Details of the level and quality of expert witness training will be published in the summer after Penny Cooper, associate dean of the Inns of Court School of Law, won funding from City University for a research project.

In brief

The usher casts a critical eye over judicial movements and wryly foxtrots into the New Year

Reichman v Beveridge [2006] EWCA Civ 1659, [2006] All ER (D) 186 (Dec):

Tweed v Parades Commission for Northern Ireland [2006] UKHL 53, [2006] All ER (D) 175 (Dec):

Williams v Richmond Court (Swansea) Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1719, [2006] All ER (D) 218 (Dec):

Stallwood v David; Stallwood v
Adamson [2006] EWHC 2600 (QB), [2006] All ER (D) 286 (Oct):

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

NEWS
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
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?
In this week’s NLJ, Fred Philpott, Gough Square Chambers, invites us to imagine there was no statutory limitation. What would that world be like?
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
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