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COVID-19: Lockdown liberty? Veronica Cowan reports

With the end of June deadline on the horizon & COVID-19 dominating national agendas, the EU & UK must soon decide on whether to extend the transition period or not…David Greene reports

Stephen Levinson welcomes the Law Commission’s (excellent) report on Employment Law Hearing Structures
Could the COVID-19 class action against Hiscox be successful, asks Chavah Apfelbaum
Sailesh Mehta & Mahesh Karu drill down on social media & serious crime
Peter Thompson QC questions the reasoning behind recent changes to the statement of truth
The pandemic has exposed the acute lack of investment in public services, including our justice system, says Jon Robins
Lucy Williams & Matthew Hardcastle assess the fallout & possible consequences of loose speech
Sir Keir Starmer’s appointment marks the return of an effective opposition, says Patrick Allen
Extraordinary time. Extraordinary human endeavour. Extraordinary consequences. David Greene reports
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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