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Lexis®Library update: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC) has announced that its building will be closed at least until the end of 2021, as per government guidelines on coronavirus (COVID-19). Justices and staff will work remotely and will only return to the building for essential activities

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that five new Nightingale courtrooms have opened in London, Wolverhampton and Liverpool

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CTJ) has published a speech by the Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Julian Flaux, on his new role

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published the response to a consultation it held on raising the mandatory retirement age (MRA) for judicial office holders

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland, has announced the appointment of Douglas Marshall as the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published the outcome of a consultation it held into reforming the judicial pension scheme

Half of all female judges have concerns about their safety in court, while safety out of court is a concern for almost the same number (45%), according to the latest Judicial Attitudes Survey

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Myers & Co—Jen Goodwin

Head of corporate promoted to director

Boies Schiller Flexner—Lindsay Reimschussel

Firm strengthens international arbitration team with key London hire

Corker Binning—Priya Dave

FCA contentious financial regulation lawyer joins the team as of counsel

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NLJ this week: Making Big Tech pay for digital addiction

Social media giants should face tortious liability for the psychological harms their platforms inflict, argues Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers in this week’s NLJ

NLJ this week: Leaseholders stuck in limbo

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ

NLJ this week: When a trial period becomes a ‘reasonable adjustment’

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law

NLJ this week: Ignore covenants at your peril

Caroline Shea KC and Richard Miller of Falcon Chambers examine the growing judicial focus on 'cynical breach' in restrictive covenant cases, in this week's issue of NLJ

NLJ this week: Courts caught in a ‘hierarchy of privacy’

Ian Gascoigne of LexisNexis dissects the uneasy balance between open justice and confidentiality in England’s civil courts, in this week's NLJ. From public hearings to super-injunctions, he identifies five tiers of privacy—from fully open proceedings to entirely secret ones—showing how a patchwork of exceptions has evolved without clear design

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In Court

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Myers & Co—Jen Goodwin

Boies Schiller Flexner—Lindsay Reimschussel

Corker Binning—Priya Dave