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01 July 2020
Categories: Legal News , Profession , Covid-19
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QC hopefuls: interviews in the autumn

The silk round for this year is going ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic
Applications for the 2020 QC competition opened in February and closed on 1 April, and the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel has said it will notify all applicants about whether or not they will be interviewed by 11 September.

Interviews will be conducted in late September and early October. All dates are subject to potential disruption from the pandemic, and applicants will be notified of any change in scheduling. In last year’s round, 114 QCs were appointed.

Categories: Legal News , Profession , Covid-19
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Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

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mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
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The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
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Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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