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In the third instalment of this series, Roger Smith tackles access to justice, the courts & the slow march of digitalisation

Jon Robins on unfairness at the Legal Aid Agency & the shocking impact on clients

David Burrows laments the opportunities missed in the Civil Justice Council’s recent report on compulsory ADR

The worldwide profusion of human rights abuses cries out for law enforcement, but still governments fail to act: Geoffrey Bindman reports

David Greene reviews government attempts to reset the balance of power & right some judicial ‘wrongs’

Mark Engelman on racism & publishers’ responsibilities

The law on self-isolation should be clear, but is it? Fred Philpott investigates

In a second special update on the justice system, Roger Smith turns his attention to technology, private practice & low income clients

What’s in a name? John Gould on when historical ideals fall out of step with the modern day

Decisions which lengthen sentences for no obvious reason will not help an already critical situation, as Martin Rackstraw reports

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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B P Collins—Steven Smith

Partner appointed deputy district judge on South Eastern Circuit

Birketts—Sian Leonard & Stephen Horscroft

Commercial dispute resolution and private client offering expands

McDermott Will & Schulte—Owen Jones

European real estate finance team bolstered by partner hire in London

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Court delays weigh heavily on children

Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found

NLJ this week: Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims

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

NLJ this week: BBC’s open justice bid fails in care proceedings

The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Parliamentary privilege—shield or sword?

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

NLJ this week: Litigation funding must serve justice, not failure

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

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Opinion

MOVERS & SHAKERS

B P Collins—Steven Smith

Birketts—Sian Leonard & Stephen Horscroft

McDermott Will & Schulte—Owen Jones