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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7318

24 April 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd [2008] EWHC 788,[2008] All ER (D) 238 (Apr)

Principal and Fellows of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] UKHL 23, [2008] All ER (D) 210 (Apr)

Nicholas Dobson examines the courts' approach to rationality and public authority decision making

Glyn Crews continues his analysis of the effect a recent Court of Appeal ruling has had on residential leases and freeholders

In Brief

In Brief

A recent House of Lords ruling explores issues of liability on the suicide of an employee. Caroline Doran and Victoria Lee report

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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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