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Lawyers have called for more Nightingale courts and judicial sitting days to tackle the backlog of cases and urged caution on plans for remote jury trials.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that an additional Nightingale court has been opened in Preston.

Europol has published the European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA 2021) which outlines threats of serious and organised crime facing the EU.

The Law Society has responded to the government's consultation on coronavirus (COVID-19) status certification plans, calling for detailed guidance to be published by the government for employers and employees.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has updated its operational summary on court and tribunal operations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The summary for the week commencing (w/c) 5 April 2021 notes the opening of a Nightingale Court in Chichester.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published figures relating to pet insurance. In 2020, pet insurers paid on average £2.2m per day, with the value of cat insurance claims at an all time high.

Digital marketing requires ‘a holistic approach’, Daniel O’Connor, co-founder of Transform Digital Marketing, writes in NLJ this week.

Writing in NLJ’s chambers' special this week, Mark Rowlands, CEO, Lamb Chambers, shares insights on effective virtual client communication while dealing with Zoom fatigue, webinar overload and other lockdown issues

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, Lord Wolfson, has approved and signed a temporary Insolvency Practice Direction (TIPD) on behalf of the Lord Chancellor.

How have chambers changed in the face of the COVID crisis? One year on, Jane Bewsey QC of Red Lion Chambers provides a status report

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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