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The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published video recordings of the Family Justice Council’s online seminar series on adoption in the 21st century, as well as the Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture, given by Baroness Hale.

Can your client cancel their divorce settlement because of the pandemic? Writing in NLJ this week, Jenny Duggan, senior associate, Stewarts, addresses this intriguing question in the context of a recent family court case.

Could COVID-19 set aside your divorce settlement? Jenny Duggan explores the possibilities

David Burrows outlines the extent & limitation of the court’s control of documents

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has published a report following its survey into the use of supervision orders in care proceedings.

Lawyers have welcomed a £1m family mediation voucher scheme launched by the Ministry of Justice

The Court of Appeal has set out general guidance on child contact cases where one parent alleges domestic abuse against the other, in four linked appeals (Re H-N & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 448).

The 127th and 129th updates to the CPR are under NLJ columnist Stephen Gold’s microscope in this week’s ‘Civil way’.

The Family Justice Council Experts Sub-Committee has announced an open invitation to judiciary, legal, medical, and allied professionals to register their interest in the Experts and the Family Justice System: Widening the Pool event

International child relocation cases are finely balanced and difficult, with everything to win and lose, Kim Beatson and Victoria Brown, of Anthony Gold solicitors, write in this week’s NLJ.

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Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

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NLJ this week: Auditors tighten the disclosure screws

The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations

NLJ this week: Telecoms tenants caught in a legal gap

A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

NLJ this week: Due process holds the line

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

NLJ this week: Credit law’s regulatory reset

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules

NLJ this week: Employment law’s four-point check

The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

DWF—five appointments

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby