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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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Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

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NLJ this week: Auditors tighten the disclosure screws

The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations

NLJ this week: Telecoms tenants caught in a legal gap

A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

NLJ this week: Due process holds the line

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

NLJ this week: Credit law’s regulatory reset

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules

NLJ this week: Employment law’s four-point check

The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

DWF—five appointments

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby