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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7408

11 March 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of McVey and others) v Secretary of State for Health [2010] EWHC 437 (Admin), 2010] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)

R (on the application of O) v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council [2010] All ER (D) 36 (Mar)

Al-Saadoon and another v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 61498/08, 010] All ER (D) 37 (Mar)

Sumner v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] EWHC 372 (Admin), 2010] All ER (D) 44 (Mar)

Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Finance Act 2009, Section 94 (Appointed Day) Order 2010

Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2010

The Ministry of Justice is reviewing expert witness rates for legal aid work, with a view to introducing fixed fees and hourly rates.

Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira £35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital...

Public, not vested, interests lie at the heart of Jackson LJ’s final report,says Andrew Parker

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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
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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