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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene charts the latest developments in the legal services revolution

What will ABSs mean for legal aid firms? Jon Robins collects the views of those who are for & against deregulation

Are lawyers breaking the rules on costs & transparency? Michael Zander QC

Sinclair Cramsie & Clare Harrington unravel the complexities of relocating TUPE transferees

Caroline Lonsdale tackles the thorny issue of contact & the difficult parent

Skimping on compensation will fuel an increase in litigation & costs says Richard Scorer

Andrew Francis examines the reasonableness of standard conditions in property contracts

Rob Biddlecombe sniffs out recent nuisance developments

FSA v Alexander: playing the system, or manipulating the market, asks Simon Goldstone

Ruth Pratt & Janna Purdie provide an update on the recent changes to the civil procedure rules

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

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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