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Writing in NLJ’s Civil Way this week, columnist DDJ Stephen Gold asks, ‘have you ever tried savaging a peanut?’

The Law Society has urged ministers to provide emergency relief for criminal law firms amid fears several duty solicitor schemes and criminal law firms are at risk of ‘imminent collapse’

Legal firms can benefit from a free Digital Switchboard service as leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny pledges to keep British businesses talking during the Coronavirus pandemic

As firms scramble for position post‑lockdown, effective marketing is crucial. Grania Langdon‑Down speaks to the experts

Quarantine quarrels? This mediation tool may help solve the puzzle, says Jennifer Egsgard

The investigation of many individual COVID-19 deaths is likely to give rise to significant controversy, says David Regan

HMRC may crack down on fraud related to the employee furlough and self-employed support schemes, professional services company BDO has warned

Guidance to help law firms get staff safely back to the office or continue working from home has been released by the Law Society this week

A group of solicitors and barristers have formed an association to focus on legal issues emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown

A unique online dispute resolution service specifically designed for COVID-19 disputes has been launched by global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright

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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