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Highlights from commercial litigators’ COVID diaries

The Supreme Court has restricted the scope of the ‘no reflective loss’ rule, in a ground-breaking judgment

Lawyers have welcomed the stimulus for the property market, announced in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s summer statement

The Commercial Court has transitioned ‘smoothly’ from physical to remote hearings during lockdown, with ‘almost no backlog of work’, according to the minutes from the Commercial Group User Committee meeting on 15 June

US law firm Polsinelli has ramped up its intellectual property (IP) offering by partnering with legal services technology company UnitedLex

Insolvency lawyers have been advising a ‘light touch’ administration for companies in trouble during the COVID-19 crisis, a barrister says

Banks need to rethink their complaints handling and use a more ‘human touch’ if they are to avoid repeating the mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis, an independent dispute resolution body has advised

Business interruption insurance & COVID-19: causation & quantum issues. Theo Barclay & Joshua Munro report

Chloe Shuffrey discusses ‘light touch’ administration as a rescue tool during the pandemic

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Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers welcomes new associate

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ward Hadaway lawyer joins Birmingham Law Society Council

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons expands Chelmsford commercial litigation team with two appointments

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NLJ this week: Same fall, different claim

Construction workers injured in comparable accidents can face sharply different routes to compensation on opposite sides of the Atlantic

NLJ this week: Under pressure? Routes to redress

Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance

NLJ this week: Liberty safeguards under strain

Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn

NLJ this week: When partners lose faith

A formidable reputation cannot protect a law firm when partner departures, fragile finances and client uncertainty begin feeding each other

NLJ this week: The hidden price of free software

Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track

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Commercial

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan