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Costs lawyers have weathered the COVID-19 crisis well, with more than a third reporting they are busier than ever
More Nightingale courts have been announced, including at Lancaster Town Hall, Birmingham Library and Repertory Theatre and Hull University
Black and Asian solicitors are disproportionately likely to be investigated for regulatory breaches, official figures have revealed
Migrants or UK-born children with unresolved immigration status may encounter all sorts of difficulties when they grow up, from being unable to access higher education and healthcare to obstacles when opening bank accounts and applying for jobs. When they turn 18 years old, they could also be at risk of deportation to a country they may never have visited
Appropriately socially distanced celebrations broke out in home offices around England and Wales as the results of the 2020 silk round were announced
Organisation highlights global thought leadership & diversity among its strategic aims
COVID operating hours are ‘potentially discriminatory’ and ‘unlikely to have a significant impact’ on the backlog of cases in the criminal courts, the Law Society has warned
How can lawyers take up the plight of young people lacking British citizenship? Keith Wilding suggests the KIND approach

Weightmans partner appointed president of FOIL’s London arm

Insurance expert joins the team
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
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
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
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

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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