header-logo header-logo

LNB news: Coronavirus (COVID-19)—HMCTS announced opening of five new Nightingale courtrooms

17 March 2021
Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , In Court , Profession
printer mail-detail
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that five new Nightingale courtrooms have opened in London, Wolverhampton and Liverpool
Lexis®Library update: From the week of 15 March 2021, two additional courtrooms for non-custodial criminal cases will be provided in Wolverhampton Park Hall Hotel, an additional courtroom for non-custodial criminal cases will be provided in Hilton Liverpool City Centre, and two additional rooms, one for the Crown Court and one for the Crown Court appeals work will be provided in Croydon Jury’s Inn.

Sources:

Courts and tribunals additional capacity during coronavirus outbreak: Nightingale courts

Five new Nightingale courtrooms open in London, Wolverhampton and Liverpool

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 16 March 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/

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
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
back-to-top-scroll