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Issue: Vol 170, Issue 7880

27 March 2020
IN THIS ISSUE
The courts in the time of coronavirus: Nageena Khalique QC & Sophia Roper report on successfully navigating a new way of working
Working with Educational Institutions and Students in Dispute Avoidance, Management and Resolution: CIArb’s New ‘UniADR’ Programme

NLJ's Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week's issue

Jonathan Fisher QC, Anita Clifford & Olivia English discuss the impact of an acquittal on civil recovery proceedings
Suzanne Kingston & Janet Bazley explain the practicalities of the expansion of the children arbitration scheme.
James McKean, Andrew Bishop & Hollie Richardson highlight the morality & dangers of predatory marriage & probate
The lack of investment in the court estate & the justice system will hamper efforts to deliver online justice, says Jon Robins
Behave a bit longer; Another family shock; Bankrupted by a compromise; Fit law for the unfit; CFO rivals
Bethan Walsh explains why so many charities often struggle to comply with legal requirements on fundraising
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

Ling Ong, partner at Weightmans and president of London Market FOIL, discusses her biggest inspirations, the challenges of AI and the importance of tackling unconscious bias

DWF—Imogen Francis

DWF—Imogen Francis

Director and head of IP team joins in Birmingham

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions

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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