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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7420

03 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Depfa Bank plc v Provincia di Pisa; Dexia Crediop SpA v Provincia di Pisa [2010] EWHC 1148 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 231 (May)

OB (by his mother and litigation friend) v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23, [2010] All ER (D) 242 (May)

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 267 (May)

AT (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; JK (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 567, [2010] All ER (D) 233 (May)

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571, [2010] All ER (D) 247 (May)

Offshore law firms Mourant and Ozannes have merged to create Mourant Ozannes.

Jonathan Poole has joined Temple Bright.

Sana Bibi and Timothy Wait have been made partners at Anthony Gold.

Eversheds has appointed five new partners in global operations.

Is this the beginning of the end of law as we know it? asks Ian Jones

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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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