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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7506

22 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of FDA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2012] EWCA Civ 332, [2012] All ER (D) 139 (Mar)

Should customers be king in the post-LSA legal landscape, asks Jon Robins

Alexandra Marks provides inspiration & advice for would-be judges

John McMullen tackles TUPE’s “gold-plated” SPC rules

Karen O’Sullivan considers limitation & the impact of delay

David Burrows notes the complexities that surround the severance of joint tenancy

Edward Peters & Tamsin Cox lay out the issues surrounding the resurrection of a landlord & tenant riddle

The heat is on for organisations & individuals who do not pay heed to fire safety precautions, notes Gerard Forlin QC

David Hertzell & Colin Moore examine the potential benefits & pitfalls of the Common European Sales Law

In the first article in a special NLJ costs series, William Gibson reports on “safe” retainers & firefighting

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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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