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‘The Road Ahead’ set out for family courts

Jon Robins examines the potentially damaging impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jury trials

HHJ Karen Walden-Smith outlines why the courts should take a global approach to applications to resile, while serving the interests of justice

The ban on evictions, introduced in response to the COVID-19 crisis, has been extended by two months until 23 August

The Court of Appeal has provided clarity on the Art 2 obligations of the State to protect life where a person in a care home is the subject of a deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) authorisation and may have died following errors in medical care and treatment

A legal team has been assembled to campaign for a prosecution against the Prime Minister’s aide, Dominic Cummings for breaching lockdown rules

Falcon Chambers’ next weekly free of charge ‘zoominar’ will focus on possession

Global litigation funder Therium has given £100,000 and provided its own resources to help launch the Community Justice Fund

Legal aid lawyers have turned to poetry to make sense of lockdown, and their writing will now raise funds for the Law Centres Network

Neil Parpworth outlines how access to justice, through the function of the courts, must continue during the coronavirus pandemic

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Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

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NLJ this week: When post-breach events rewrite damages claims

Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation

NLJ this week: Supreme Court redraws unfair prejudice rules

The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ

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

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

DWF—Stephen Webb

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little