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Managing the virtual mediation process: what next for ADR after COVID-19, asks Professor Suzanne Rab

Embracing remote access to the courts will see us all benefit, says Philip Barden

Lawyers at City law firm RPC have called for a moratorium on petitions to wind up retail companies in order to contain COVID-19 disruption

The Law Society has produced an interactive map to help solicitors and members of the public find out which courts are operational during the COVID-19 pandemic

Family lawyers and judges are urged to take part in a two-week rapid consultation on the use of remote hearings in the family justice system. It ends on 28 April.

Both barristers and solicitors may be experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, help is at hand.

The Junior Lawyers Division (JLD), working with regional junior lawyer groups, has launched an online community for their members, in collaboration with mobile platform provider Ugenie

Neil Parpworth considers the nature & implementation of the powers the police have been given to restrict movement & gatherings

Extraordinary time. Extraordinary human endeavour. Extraordinary consequences. David Greene reports

Many law firms appear to be weathering the COVID-19 storm fairly well so far, albeit with cuts to partner shares of profit and furloughed staff.

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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