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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

Barristers at 4 Stone Buildings have published an e-book, ‘Litigation in the time of COVID-19: legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency’

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

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Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

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NLJ this week: A wider test for unsafe homes

A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

NLJ this week: Employment deadlines lengthen

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

NLJ this week: Estoppel crosses borders

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim

NLJ this week: Safeguards under strain

The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent

NLJ this week: Fraud reform’s delivery test

Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Flint Bishop—six appointments