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A committee of MPs has backed the Bar Council’s call for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to be extended to new and returning practitioners

MPs have criticised the lack of ‘basic data’ available to the judiciary on the extent of delays in the criminal courts

MPs have launched an inquiry into the delays to justice as a result of COVID-19

Lockdown has created confusion over holiday entitlement and how holiday pay is calculated, while employers have also grappled with amendments to the Working Time Regulations

Daniel Lightman QC & Gregor Hogan revisit court orders in the light of COVID-19

The use and occupation of property and performance of property contracts Phil Sissons

Questions about entitlement to holidays & how holiday pay is calculated have rarely been more prominent, says Charles Pigott

Small and medium law firms are bullish about the future but, paradoxically, far less confident about their clients’ prospects, according to this year’s Bellwether Report

This year’s London Legal Walk, postponed due to COVID-19 until 5 October, will now take place virtually, organiser London Legal Support Trust has announced

Prisons are struggling to cope with a larger proportion of older inmates with poor health and the impact of COVID-19, MPs have warned

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Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

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NLJ this week: ‘Joe Donor’ ruling exposes dangers of unregulated conception

The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: CILEX warns Mazur ruling must spark reform

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Conditional job offers carry hidden risks for employers

A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

NLJ this week: Diamond rings and broken promises

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: The battle over medical report fees intensifies

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

DWF—Stephen Webb

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little