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The approach to regulation of professional conduct outside of practice stands on a firmer footing post the Ryan Beckwith case

Dominic Regan highlights the positives in civil litigation from a grim 2020

Post-Beckwith, John Gould provides an update on the regulation of conduct outside of practice

Liverpool set Exchange Chambers, which has 192 members including 16 silks, has launched a mentoring programme to inspire people from all backgrounds to pursue a career in the law

Some 23 members of the Law Society Council will have to stand down at the next election after solicitors voted in favour of term limits and constituency reforms

The Employment Lawyers’ Association (ELA) is launching a 21 Day Racial Habit-Building Challenge for members to help advance the conversation around race in the UK

The senior family judge has issued a warning to judges not to hold hearings out of normal 10am-4.30pm working hours despite pressure to deal with cases quickly

Sir Geoffrey Vos has been sworn in as Master of the Rolls, taking over from Sir Terence Etherton

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has questioned why the courts are to spend time piloting COVID-19 testing at selected sites when such a scheme has already ‘been administered in car parks up and down the land for many months’

A quartet comprising an academic, an entrepreneur, a regulatory professional and a retired solicitor have joined the Board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

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NLJ this week: When post-breach events rewrite damages claims

Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation

NLJ this week: Supreme Court redraws unfair prejudice rules

The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ

NLJ this week: ‘Joe Donor’ ruling exposes dangers of unregulated conception

The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: CILEX warns Mazur ruling must spark reform

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Conditional job offers carry hidden risks for employers

A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

DWF—Stephen Webb

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little