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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7553

19 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Does the Huhne/Pryce case mark the death knell for the defence of marital coercion, asks Gerry Rubin

The avalanche of Jackson legislation continues unabated...

How should the legal profession prepare for the increase in litigants in person, asks DJ Harold Godwin

Sarah Johnson reviews recent guidance on how to balance the competing interests of employees

What impact does bankruptcy have on a lump sum order obligation, asks Edward Heaton

Robert O’Leary outlines what a claimant needs to prove in an occupational cancer claim in light of the Phurnacite Workers Group Litigation

Nicholas Dobson analyses a Court of Appeal ruling on proportionality in housing possession proceedings

Enforcing an arbitration award under the Arbitration Act 1996 can prove a bumpy ride, as Clare Arthurs & Margaret Tofalides explain

Stephanie Pywell challenges a widely held view on the classification of delegated legislation

Christou and another v Haringey London Borough [2013] EWCA Civ 178, [2013] All ER (D) 104 (Mar)

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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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