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02 July 2020
Issue: 7893 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Legal aid focus , Legal services
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NLJ this week: Picking up the pieces

The widespread misery caused to society’s poorest by the COVID-19 crisis is highlighted in this week's issue by Keith Wilding, a retired fee-paid tribunal judge, and Sue Bent, chief executive of the Central England Law Centre

The Central England Law Centre (CELC), which has centres in Birmingham and Coventry, is one of the many advice agencies around the country doing its best to cope with the social fallout of the pandemic. It has seen an escalation of referrals for employment advice and domestic violence. While evictions have been paused during the pandemic, CELC staff predict a ‘bulge’ in cases once they resume.

Wilding and Bent warn that the vulnerable will not ‘bounce back’. Read the article in full here.

@CELCCov

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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