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Writing in this week’s NLJ, Professor Michael Zander QC, Emeritus Professor, LSE expresses concern about the government’s reform of judicial review.
Possession laws and coronavirus regulations have together knitted a jumble sale of dates, deadlines, notice periods and requirements. 
Celso De Azevedo examines cyber-attacks, theft of confidential information & Norwich Pharmacal orders
The Property Litigation Association (PLA) has reported that the standard directions for Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) claims in the Central London County Court have been updated. 
Intimidated as well as vulnerable witnesses should be allowed to pre-record their evidence in chief and cross examination, a review by Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC has recommended.
The President of the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published guidance regarding the allocation of cases in Family Court. 
Emails to judges that go beyond routine case management conflict with principles of open justice, family law solicitor & NLJ columnist David Burrows writes in NLJ this week.
Is it time for remedies against those who abuse email contact with a judge? David Burrows examines open justice & quasi-evidence
Victor Smith examines the circumstances in which a prosecution does not proceed when the accused has faced that same or similar peril before
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DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents
Improvements to courts, tribunals and the wider justice system in the north are being held back by a lack of national and local collaboration, according to thinktank JUSTICE North
A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son
The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery
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