header-logo header-logo

NLJ this week: Steering a course through a pandemic

06 August 2020
Issue: 7898 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Profession
printer mail-detail
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
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll