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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7524

24 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins canvasses opinion on the post-LASPO future

Should the SFO rush in to prosecute banks over LIBOR, asks David Corker

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss the correct approach to apportioning discrimination awards

Geraldine Morris on the approach to religion in family proceedings

How should the courts apply the Manual Handling Operations Regulations, asks Keith Patten

Richard Hinton explains the buzz around SearchFlow’s new website

Conserving history or restricting the future? Dean Bedford puts the National Trust under the spotlight

Dermot Keating & Monica Stevenson consider how unfair commercial practices are prosecuted

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Caroline Kehoe & Joanne Keillor examine the consequences of an endeavours obligation on a long term contract

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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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