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Parliament should operate virtually, with MPs and Peers working remotely to scrutinise legislation and vote during the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent thinktank has urged

Contact conundrums & insolvent administration

Michael Zander on the Coronavirus Act 2020

If the police are to maintain public support in these turbulent times they must ensure that their actions are consistent, necessary & proportionate, says Nicholas Dobson

Domestic abuse victims are particularly vulnerable and will need more protection than ever during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Law Society has warned

Advocates need not rise when the court assembles, if linking remotely, NLJ columnist Stephen Gold explains in this week’s Civil Way

Trainee barristers are in a ‘particularly vulnerable position’, the Bar Council Chair has warned, after a survey found nearly a third of chambers are changing their plans for pupillage

Steps are being taken to prevent large-scale COVID-19 infections in our overcrowded prisons, but the numbers don’t add up, MPs have heard

More than three-quarters of employers have furloughed some staff or plan to do so, according to benchmarking research by law firm Lewis Silkin into the impact of COVID-19

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

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NLJ this week: A wider test for unsafe homes

A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

NLJ this week: Employment deadlines lengthen

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

NLJ this week: Estoppel crosses borders

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim

NLJ this week: Safeguards under strain

The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent

NLJ this week: Fraud reform’s delivery test

Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Flint Bishop—six appointments