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As the government announces a review of human rights law, Alec Samuels makes the case for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights

Jon Robins , speaking to actor Ricky Tomlinson, investigates and provides an update on the case of the Shrewsbury 24

Without data on the damage done to legal aid, how can the government help this fractured system recover? Rohini Teather, Head of Parliamentary Affairs at LAPG, reports

Can President Trump lawfully pardon himself? Michael Zander on a very live question

Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, reflects on the challenges thrust upon the justice system by the pandemic & some unexpected body blows to the profession

Linda Lamb looks into reports of a recent surge in divorce enquiries & makes the case for ADR

Patrick Allen & Bahareh Amani highlight the importance of championing diversity & inclusion

Marian Bloodworth, ELA chair, outlines the current pressures on practitioners & calls for change

Jon Robins reports on the inevitable decision to review the Parole system

An emergency measure has been introduced for the witnessing of wills, but Nicholas Bevan believes there’s been a missed opportunity

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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