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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published an article considering the role of facilities management professionals in the post-coronavirus (COVID-19) era

Virtual hearings have been a good experience for most participants, according to Bar Standards Board (BSB) research into clients’ expectations and experience of barristers

Hundreds of criminal solicitors and barristers are refusing to attend evening and weekend courts

The Ministry of Justice, HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), and Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP have announced a package of measures to reduce the backlog of cases in the courts, following the lifting of most coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in England and Wales

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published the findings of its June 2021 review of completed prosecutions under the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) and the Health Protections (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No 2) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/684)

Some 60 Crown Court rooms will reopen by September, while 32 Nightingale Court rooms will have their leases extended to April 2022 to tackle the backlog of cases, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland has announced

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has, together with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) announced an increased effort to provide ‘speedier justice’ to assist courts with recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published its evaluation report for the HMCTS flexible operating hours pilot

The HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published its consultation outcome regarding ‘COVID operating hours’ (COH) in Crown Courts, which aims to tackle the backlog caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has published its First Special Report of 2021–22, which sets out recurring themes the Committee found when considering the statutory instruments that addressed the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms

Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs

NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied

Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly

NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?

From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics

NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights

Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Presumption of capacity reaffirmed

The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Keoghs—four appointments

Brabners—Ben Lamb