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Safeguards for commercial tenants may need to be extended beyond the duration of COVID-19, lawyers have warned

The Bar Council has cut its budget and furloughed one in five of its staff in order to focus on supporting barristers through the pandemic

The Health Secretary’s death in service benefit for families of healthcare workers may not go far enough, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned

A weekly monitor of human rights violations across the globe during the COVID-19 crisis has been launched by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)

Fraudsters are taking advantage of lower levels of security and IT challenges as people work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned

Law firm Lewis Silkin has launched a fixed-cost/subscription-style commercial law product as part of its response to COVID-19

An alarming 30% of barristers say they are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19, and more than half expect to in future, according to the latest Bar Council research

The grim news that more than 4,000 arrests for domestic abuse have been made in London alone in the past six weeks has increased calls for victims to be given more help

LexisNexisUK is offering a COVID-19 toolkit for in-house lawyers or legal advisers concerned about issues relating to the pandemic

Costs lawyers have produced guidance on assessing costs for remote hearings, with the support of the regional costs bench

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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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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Birketts—Michael Conway

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou