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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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Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Katten strengthens financial markets and funds group in London

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

Hugh James expands national Serious Injury team with two new Partners

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer

HFW continues Paris office growth with public law Partner hire

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NLJ this week: Mazur ruling offers CILEX a fresh start

The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision

NLJ this week: Assisted dying proposal faces next parliamentary test

The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons

NLJ this week: New offence rules widen corporate criminal exposure

A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability

NLJ this week: AI shortcuts leave lawyers facing courtroom fallout

Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but careless reliance on it is creating growing professional risks

NLJ this week: Why cohabitees may be better protected after death

The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Katten Muchin Rosenman—Charlotte Hill

Hugh James—Keith Cundall & Lee Hart

HFW—Rémi Ducloyer