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A mortgage lender has been awarded £16m damages in a notable High Court third-party rights judgment, which applied the rarely-used Braganza test

Law firm Lewis Silkin has launched a fixed-cost/subscription-style commercial law product as part of its response to COVID-19

Does the recent affirmation that commercial litigation funders could face unlimited costs liability mark the effective end of the Arkin cap? Thomas Wingfield reports

Lawyers at City law firm RPC have called for a moratorium on petitions to wind up retail companies in order to contain COVID-19 disruption

The Equity Release Council modified its advice on safeguards for customers this week, in light of ongoing restrictions on social distancing

Insolvency lawyers have welcomed the government’s decision to suspend the wrongful trading law during the COVID-19 pandemic, but raised questions about preferential paying

Peter Vaines puts HMRC in the dock & expects the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth

Lawyers have predicted a growth in class actions in banking litigation this year as well as disputes concerning the replacement of LIBOR, the interest rate used when banks lend to each other, by SONIA

Getting personal: Peter Vaines reports on IR35 personal service companies

The ECJ has been advised to expand the scope for claims against cartelists to those indirectly affected. Audrey Dwyer reports

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Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Blake Morgan—Daniel Church

Succession and tax team welcomes partner inLondon

Maguire Family Law—Jennifer Hudec

Firm appoints senior associate to lead Manchester city centre team

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Client account interest money-maker provokes concerns

Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned

NLJ this week: When silence speaks volumes

Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate

NLJ this week: The pension split at 25

Pension sharing orders (PSOs) have quietly reached their 25th anniversary, yet remain stubbornly underused. Writing in NLJ this week, Joanna Newton of Stowe Family Law argues that this neglect risks long-term financial harm, particularly for women

NLJ this week: Exclusion zone?

A school ski trip, a confiscated phone and an unauthorised hotel-room entry culminated in a pupil’s permanent exclusion. In this week's issue of NLJ, Nicholas Dobson charts how the Court of Appeal upheld the decision despite acknowledged procedural flaws

Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—Michael Conway

Blake Morgan—Daniel Church

Maguire Family Law—Jennifer Hudec