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LNB news: HM Courts and Tribunal Services monthly bulletin for February 2021

03 February 2021
Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , In Court , Profession
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HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) has published its monthly bulletin on news headlines and coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
Lexis®Library update: As of 2 February 2021, solicitors and the Crown Prosecution Service will have the opportunity to join the PROFESSIONAL Users’ Access Scheme, will be able to register for the scheme which ‘enables faster access through security in courts and tribunals for registered holders’.

The following news headlines have been published:

• more courts join the Professional Users’ Access Scheme

• working together to keep justice going

• court safety for legal professionals webinar recording

• rapid flow testing pilot begins in Manchester

• keeping court custody suites safe

• extra £40m to help victims during pandemic and beyond

• defence solicitors and barristers need to register for Common Platform accounts

• £3.1m announced by the Ministry of Justice

• HMCTS on latest management information

• HMCTS strategy lead, writing for Apolitical, outlines how they implement changes to digital services to modernise the courts and tribunals system

The following coronavirus updates have been published:

• HMCTS updated processes for reporting COVID-19 incidents

• court escalation route to raising issues process

• application for a deferral or excusal when summoned for jury service guidance

• updated guidance for providing evidence as a witness during the outbreak

• the opening of three Nightingale Courts

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 2 February 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.com

Source: HMCTS Monthly Bulletin - February 2021

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

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Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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