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Law Society publishes Q&A on electronic signatures
The Company Law Committee (CLC) of the Law Society has published a Q&A on the use of electronic signatures in commercial law matters
07 January 2021
HMCTS updates operational summary in light of UK lockdown
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has made some amendments to its operational summary for the week commencing 4 January 2021 in light of the government’s decision to place England in a national lockdown
07 January 2021
Reassurance as infection rates rise
Nobody should go to court unless absolutely necessary, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has said
06 January 2021
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 4 January
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has updated its operational summary on courts and tribunals operations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
05 January 2021
Test case reassures on COVID insurance
Lawyers have hailed a Supreme Court judgment on COVID-19 insurance cover, which could save thousands of jobs
04 January 2021
Chair-elect Sweeting sets out his stall for 2021
Bar Council chair-elect Derek Sweeting QC has given his inaugural speech, covering Brexit, funding for criminal pupillages and his plans for reverse mentoring
29 December 2020
Nightingales in town hall, theatre and university
More Nightingale courts have been announced, including at Lancaster Town Hall, Birmingham Library and Repertory Theatre and Hull University
23 December 2020
What is ‘guidance’, & do we have to comply with it? Premium Content
Employment lawyer Juliet Carp considers the possibility that some pandemic-related ‘guidance’ may later prove to be wrong
17 December 2020 / Juliet Carp
NLJ this week: The vaccine & the law
Can the law play a role in overcoming hesitancy about the COVID-19 vaccine? Sarah Moore, partner at Hausfeld, explores the possibilities for NLJ this week
17 December 2020
COVID hours not working, says Law Society
COVID operating hours are ‘potentially discriminatory’ and ‘unlikely to have a significant impact’ on the backlog of cases in the criminal courts, the Law Society has warned
16 December 2020
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Online safety against serious harm
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
Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
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
Faster justice
County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year
UWO: money recovered

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

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