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The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, the Constitution Unit of University College London, the Hansard Society and the Public Law Project has produced a joint briefing on the marginalisation of the House of Commons, highlighting the lack of parliamentary scrutiny and the absence of government accountability during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Could COVID-19 set aside your divorce settlement? Jenny Duggan explores the possibilities

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on cyber security risks for law firms—the time to act on them is now, says Frances McLeod

The rules on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for contravention of COVID-19 restrictions are ‘muddled, discriminatory and unfair’, MPs and peers have warned.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) speech to the Bar Council.

The Justice Committee has started to investigate how the laws designed to limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) have worked in practice and how they might be improved going forward.

The Home Office has published updated guidance for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic.

Regulations imposing restrictions during the pandemic were confusing, inaccessible and last minute, the Justice Committee has heard.

Lord Sales has given a speech on the implications of Brexit and coronavirus (COVID-19) for UK law to the New Zealand Senior Courts Judges’ Conference.

The urgency of COVID-19 does not provide a licence to short-change essential public law principles, says Nicholas Dobson

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Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

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Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

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NLJ this week: Law Society calls for clarity on AML

The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Turning corporate liability into opportunity

Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted

NLJ this week: A prince no more?

Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke

NLJ this week: Shareholder secrecy sunk

Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'

NLJ this week: The expanding remit of national security law

In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith