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Lockdown laws from a loving perspective, by Peter Thompson QC

The Community Justice Fund, which launched six weeks ago, has already awarded grants worth nearly £1.9m to legal advice charities in need, it has been announced

With planes grounded and holidays cancelled, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the air travel industry

Police interviews during the COVID-19 crisis: Michael Zander on the new rules

COVID-19: Harriet Morgan & Chloe Price share their projections for the future of the charity sector

Katherine Deal QC & Christopher Loxton, 3 Hare Court

Wills and probate practitioners saw no change in business levels, conveyancing was hardest hit, 60% of firms furloughed employees and 15% had to make redundancies, a survey of law firms has found

Employment tribunals need more resources to cope with the double whammy of a growing case backlog and an anticipated avalanche of post-COVID-19 claims, lawyers have warned

Jury trials are to resume at a further five courts, bringing the total up to 16

Anthony Connerty assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international arbitration

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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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Flaws found in fixed costs regime

The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) from low-value personal injury to most civil cases worth up to £100,000 ‘is failing to deliver what it promised’, the Law Society has warned

Brimelow sets out Bar priorities for 2026

Bar campaigns will focus on protecting juries, legal aid and children’s rights in the year ahead with a working group already looking into the age of criminal responsibility, chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has said

CEO appointed at legal super-regulator

Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators

Parental leave rights given effect

Workers will be given day-one rights to parental leave in April, the government has confirmed

Appointments at the Supreme Court

Lord Sales has become deputy president, and Lord Doherty a justice, at the Supreme Court. Both were sworn in this week at a ceremony conducted by the court’s president Lord Reed in Courtroom One

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Birketts—Michael Conway

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou