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Neil Parpworth reports from a city back in lockdown, where the government’s response to the public health crisis is less draconian than it might have been

The Bar Council and Law Society have mounted a robust defence against the introduction of weekend and evening courts and restrictions on defendants’ right to jury trial

A former Chief Crown Prosecutor for the north west has engaged lawyers with a view to bringing a private prosecution against the Prime Minister’s chief advisor Dominic Cummings

A parliamentary committee has called for an end to the COVID-19 visiting ban on children whose mothers are in prison

Courts and tribunals are to extend their operating hours and could sit in additional buildings to hear cases in the autumn, according to an HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) plan for recovery

While letting may seem an easy way to make money, tenants could find themselves in legal difficulty.

The widespread misery caused to society’s poorest by the COVID-19 crisis is highlighted in this week's issue by Keith Wilding, a retired fee-paid tribunal judge, and Sue Bent, chief executive of the Central England Law Centre

Forfeiture forfeited; LiPs misbehaving; The peril of Airbnb lettings; Gas certificate relief; No fault divorce near & far; Family on the air; Special Guardianship guidance

Keith Wilding & Sue Bent assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic & question the wellbeing of the poorest in society both now & in the post-lockdown world

On the bicentenary of the South Sea Bubble, Michael L Nash finds history littered with gamblers

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Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Corporate and commercial team welcomes technology specialist as partner

Birketts—Michael Conway

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

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou

Real estate finance practice announces partner appointment

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Client account interest money-maker provokes concerns

Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned

Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Birketts—Michael Conway

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou