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NLJ this week: Steering a course through a pandemic

06 August 2020
Issue: 7898 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Profession
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Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC relays the unprecedented events of her first six months in office, in an article in this week’s NLJ

Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC relays the unprecedented events of her first six months in office, in an article in this week’s NLJ

But for COVID-19, Pinto would have been in Chicago right now attending meetings with US lawyers. Instead, she is handling extraordinary challenges from an ‘office’ in her home. Parts of the Bar face ‘an existential risk’ due to drastic reductions in work, some chambers are unable to offer pupillages next year and ‘worse, others are unsure whether they will even exist’. From lobbying ministers to provide more financial support for barristers to helping devise safe ways for the justice system to continue, Pinto has worked hard to support barristers and promote access to justice.

Read Pinto’s inside view of the justice crisis here.

Issue: 7898 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Profession
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NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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