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Alexander Layton QC & Andrew Dinsmore examine the post-Brexit landscape for jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments

Setting the standard for opt-out collective redress: the Supreme Court’s judgment in Merricks, reported by Lucy Rigby

Lawyers have expressed cautious optimism on M&A and other deal activity in the year ahead.

Lawyers have hailed a Supreme Court judgment on COVID-19 insurance cover, which could save thousands of jobs

Opt out class actions should be made available for a wider scope of claims, the Law Society president, David Greene writes in NLJ this week

The Company Law Committee (CLC) of the Law Society has published a Q&A on the use of electronic signatures in commercial law matters

David Greene salutes Walter Merricks CBE’s recent class action success in the Supreme Court & puts the case for a wider collective process for redress

Lawyers have hailed a Supreme Court judgment on COVID-19 insurance cover, which could save thousands of jobs

The Law Commission has issued a call for lawyers’ views on smart contracts while it considers reform

Lawyers have hailed the Supreme Court’s endorsement of opt-out group actions, in its decision Merricks v Mastercard [2020] UKSC 51

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Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

Three new tenants join Twenty Essex

DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna

DAC Beachcroft further builds national Professional Liability practice, hiring two partners in Bristol

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Children have a say in Hague Convention cases, rules Supreme Court

A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held

Compliance headache for smaller firms

Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles

Employers & workers in limbo as backlog mounts

Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing

MPs put an end to assisted dying Bill

The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270

Urgent action needed on artificial intelligence risks

MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)

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Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna