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The Justice Committee has started to investigate how the laws designed to limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) have worked in practice and how they might be improved going forward. 
The Public Law Project (PLP) has accused the government of using ‘flawed’ statistics in the judicial review reform process.
Regulations imposing restrictions during the pandemic were confusing, inaccessible and last minute, the Justice Committee has heard.
The urgency of COVID-19 does not provide a licence to short-change essential public law principles, says Nicholas Dobson
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Democracy and the Constitution has announced an inquiry into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the vigil for Sarah Everard at Clapham Common last month
The Ministry of Justice has published the government’s response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL). 
The UK is one of the most economically and socially unequal countries in the world, according to the Equality Trust, Theo Huckle QC writes in this week’s NLJ.
In his second update on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Michael Zander focuses on Pts 5 to 10
Is the role of the foster carer slowly shifting? John Bowers QC considers the evidence
Theo Huckle QC puts UK anti-discrimination laws & inequality in the spotlight & asks what we can do to effect lasting change
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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