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Mark Rowlands, CEO Lamb Chambers, shares some insights on best practice for ‘virtual’ client communications
What now for COVID-19 business interruption claims? Celso De Azevedo discusses the Supreme Court’s judgment & the issues likely to drive future litigation
The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has highlighted a ‘significant rule of law problem’ with the looser COVID-19 lockdown regime introduced this week
Peers have added their voice to the growing chorus lamenting the crisis in the criminal justice system
The rise of digital marketing in the COVID era: Daniel O’Connor on taking the opportunity to transform your approach
Writing in this week’s NLJ, Jon Robins looks at the issue of duty police station solicitors advising their clients remotely
Jon Robins reports on the potential short-changing of suspects during the COVID pandemic
The number of pupillages on offer decreased by 35% from 592 in 2019 to 386 in 2020, according to Bar Council research
Despite significant difficulties in some parts of the legal profession, the sector as a whole remained broadly stable during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Legal Services Board (LSB) data
The number of solicitors needing support has tripled since the start of the pandemic with a ‘significant shift’ in the profile of solicitors helped, according to the Solicitors’ Charity (formerly known as the Solicitors’ Benevolent Fund)
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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