THIS ISSUE
Firm adds medical negligence specialist
COVID-19 demands a longer transition & a clean EU referendum, say Amanda Robinson & David Wolchover
Mark Pawlowski examines the tortious liability of practical jokers in the context of both English & Commonwealth case law
Neil Parpworth considers the Schedule 21 powers relating to potentially infectious individuals
Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown share a guide to the practical matters relating to child relocation
Top tips to manage your career from home: Matthew Kay outlines how lawyers can get comfortable with the UK’s new way of working
Mark Solon provides a cut out & keep guide to giving evidence by video link to share with your experts
Expert witnesses will need to give evidence by video link over the coming months and this may even become the norm, Bond Solon founder Mark Solon writes in this week’s NLJ
The lawyer demographic is becoming more diverse overall but sharp discrepancies remain, the latest Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) figures show
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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