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The stay on evictions has been extended until 20 September 2020 and there will be a new six-month notice period on any eviction notices served by landlords
A coherent recovery plan is required to address the rising backlog of family cases, including an ‘unprecedented level of children law applications’ and a sharp increase in domestic abuse injunctions, a family lawyer writes for NLJ.
Recent intervention by justice ministers to clarify that wills witnessed remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic will be considered valid has proved controversial in some quarters
Many solicitors are ‘predicting a tsunami of litigation with courts being overwhelmed just as they are dealing with the backlog of work developed in the lockdown,’ David Greene, senior partner, Edwin Coe, & NLJ consultant editor, writes in this week’s NLJ
As we enter the summer break, David Greene predicts some challenging & uncertain times ahead for the court system
The COVID-19 pandemic ‘has revealed the bankruptcy of austerity ideology’, says Patrick Allen, NLJ columnist & senior partner, Hodge, Jones & Allen
Family lawyers organisation Resolution has launched a jumbo training package to ease its members through lockdown
The Law Society has produced an interactive map to show which Nightingale courts are operational
Remote hearings, video hearings or no hearing at all? Sheena Cassidy Hope considers how the family courts might evolve
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten strengthens financial markets and funds group in London

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire

NEWS
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but careless reliance on it is creating growing professional risks
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
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