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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7357

19 February 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Webster v Norfolk County Council [2009] EWCA Civ 59, [2009] All ER (D) 106 (Feb)

The UK's enforcement of foreign bribery laws is long overdue, say Alex Rene, Lista Cannon & William Jacobson

Legal Services

Post Ladele, employers should be wary of exempting employees from sensitive duties, says David Tyme

Julian Miller & Sara Robertson advocate honesty and openness from the outset of insurance policies

Experian explain how UAR is reuniting people with their rightful inheritance

The MoJ has been compelled to act on mortgage remedies, says Sarah Greer

Re Webster [2009] EWCA Civ 59, [2009] All ER (D) 106 (Feb)

Court of Appeal, Civil Division Wall, Moore-Bick and Wilson LJJ, 11 February 2009

Employment Law

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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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