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A network of priority courts is to be kept open, consolidating the work of courts and tribunals into fewer buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic
The lack of investment in the court estate & the justice system will hamper efforts to deliver online justice, says Jon Robins
Legal Practice Course (LPC) exams can be moved online instead of postponed, after the regulator bowed to pressure from junior lawyers
Leasehold practitioners have called on the government to extend statutory deadlines for filing applications until the COVID-19 lockdown is over
The Law Society has issued a list of answers to frequently asked questions or solicitors concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on employees and clients
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, has issued guidance to resolve confusion on child arrangement orders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Family lawyers will need to choose from a ‘smorgasbord’ of IT options when participating in remote hearings, the judiciary has said

David Emmerson offers a potential lifeline to those facing an increased threat of domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisis

 

The Supreme Court will hear cases and deliver judgments through video conferencing from today onwards, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—Amie Williamson

WSP Solicitors—Amie Williamson

Gloucestershire firm boosts residential conveyancing team

mfg Solicitors—Andrew Johnson

mfg Solicitors—Andrew Johnson

Firm strengthens corporate team in Worcester with new hire

London Market FOIL—Ling Ong

London Market FOIL—Ling Ong

Weightmans partner appointed president of London Market Forum of Insurance Lawyers

NEWS
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
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
Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators
Workers will be given day-one rights to parental leave in April, the government has confirmed
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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