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A shortage of lawyers and judges, and the poor condition of cold, leaky court buildings, are holding back efforts to reduce the backlog, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has warned
Lawyers have welcomed the opening of the second ‘super courtroom’ for criminal cases
Ministers ‘have grown accustomed to the ease with which laws can be made… and seem reluctant to relinquish law-making functions back to Parliament’ now the initial stages of the pandemic have passed, the Bingham Centre has warned
Optimism is returning to the legal sector, with recruiters reporting a ‘record-smashing’ jobs market and PwC’s annual survey finding confidence and increased revenues at law firms
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law’s (BIICL) Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has published a report reflecting on the last 18 months of coronavirus (COVID-19) legislation through a rule of law lens
The House of Commons, Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee have published their report: ‘Coronavirus: lessons learned to date’
Andrew Morris considers the impact of delays on both charge & trial on sentencing
It’s all happening on 1 October
Last-minute cancellations of court hearings to agree financial settlements or child contact arrangements are leaving ex-couples facing ‘ruinous costs’, family lawyers have warned
David Locke on the importance of informed debate on COVID vaccinations for children
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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