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Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption’s ‘obviously wrong’ views on the lockdown, published in The Sunday Timeson last month, demonstrate why proper decision making and accountability are ‘all the more important’ during the COVID-19 pandemic, John Gould, senior partner at Russell-Cooke, writes in this week’s NLJ.

Michael Zander on the oral arguments in the three cases against President Trump

John Gould holds the government to account on its (COVID-19) decision making

With the end of June deadline on the horizon & COVID-19 dominating national agendas, the EU & UK must soon decide on whether to extend the transition period or not…David Greene reports

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won a Supreme Court case to erase two historic convictions for trying to escape from the Maze Prison on Christmas Eve in 1973 and again in 1974

Alec Samuels addresses the quandary of dealing with illness or worse in No 10

Extraordinary time. Extraordinary human endeavour. Extraordinary consequences. David Greene reports

Parliament should operate virtually, with MPs and Peers working remotely to scrutinise legislation and vote during the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent thinktank has urged

Michael Zander on the Coronavirus Act 2020

David Lammy MP has been appointed Shadow Justice Secretary, in Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer’s reshuffle this week

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

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NLJ this week: Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims

Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery

NLJ this week: BBC’s open justice bid fails in care proceedings

The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Parliamentary privilege—shield or sword?

Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege

NLJ this week: Litigation funding must serve justice, not failure

Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses

NLJ this week: AI’s digital associates reshape legal practice

James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector

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Constitutional law

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr