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Remotely witnessed wills will be deemed legal due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said
Barristers are considering leaving the profession due to the financial impact of COVID-19, with publicly funded, criminal and young practitioners hardest hit, research has found
Furloughed employees: out of sight should not be out of mind. Lynne Squires puts the case for valuing all employees & including those at home & in training in future plans  
Highlights from commercial litigators’ COVID diaries
Law firm Devonshires has announced it will reopen its London, Leeds and Colchester offices on 3 August to both staff and clients
How did the commercial litigation world cope when it had to go digital almost overnight? Grania Langdon-Down reports
The announcement of ten temporary Blackstone courts (legal equivalent of Nightingale hospitals) ‘feels like the Emperor’s new clothes’, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) chair Caroline Goodwin QC has said
Ten temporary ‘Nightingale’ courts will be up and running in August to help clear the backlog of cases, the government has said
It’s time to break bad habits, and remote working provides the perfect excuse, writes Ken Young, Keoghs partner, in this week’s NLJ
Two-thirds of barristers would find extended court operating hours ‘an impossibility’ due to caring responsibilities or because they are themselves vulnerable during the pandemic, the Bar Council has warned
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—Michael Conway

Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Blake Morgan—Daniel Church

Blake Morgan—Daniel Church

Succession and tax team welcomes partner inLondon

Maguire Family Law—Jennifer Hudec

Maguire Family Law—Jennifer Hudec

Firm appoints senior associate to lead Manchester city centre team

NEWS
Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned
Pension sharing orders (PSOs) have quietly reached their 25th anniversary, yet remain stubbornly underused. Writing in NLJ this week, Joanna Newton of Stowe Family Law argues that this neglect risks long-term financial harm, particularly for women
A school ski trip, a confiscated phone and an unauthorised hotel-room entry culminated in a pupil’s permanent exclusion. In this week's issue of NLJ, Nicholas Dobson charts how the Court of Appeal upheld the decision despite acknowledged procedural flaws
Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
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