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PD 51Z demonstrates the agility & adaptability demanded of us all during lockdown, say Julian Gun Cuninghame & Romana Canneti

Conveyancers have been issued with pandemic-compliant guidance amid government moves to kickstart the housing market

Senior judges and legal academics have called for a ‘breathing space’ break in litigation to allow firms to recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Fifty years since the Equal Pay Act was passed, leading female lawyers have assessed the Act’s impact and warned the pace of progress is too slow and likely to stall further in the wake of COVID-19

The government’s decision to ease restrictions on house moves took many estate agents by surprise, barrister Veronica Cowan writes in this week’s NLJ

Slater & Gordon will be promoting a remote working model once the COVID-19 pandemic is over

Development in lockdown: the pitfalls of an approaching deadline & compliance with permission conditions. William Tyzack reports

Theo Huckle QC, Nick Brown and Frederick Powell

Geoffrey Bindman reflects on the future for remote justice after the pandemic

Judges suffering eyestrain, headaches and tiredness from hours in front of a screen is one ‘unanticipated’ disadvantage of the remote access family court, Sir Alistair MacDonald has revealed

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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