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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7490

15 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

The decision in Jones v Kernott has turned a complex area of law into a minefield, says Jonathan West

Patrick Allen rallies against anti-referral fee rhetoric

Does BTE insurance offer freedom of choice, asks David Greene

Malcolm Keen considers apportionment in discrimination claims

Jonathan Herring tackles paternity testing & capacity

Keith Davies reports on store wars in Wolverhampton

Andrew Parsons deliberates over the court’s approach to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment

Is the common European sales law a Trojan horse, asks Stephan Balthasar

On and on. X Factor? No, the credit hire litigation....

Mark Surguy & Saida Joseph examine the latest methods for the outsourcing of document review

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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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