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Issue: Vol 170, Issue 7885

08 May 2020
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COVID-19, force majeure and frustration Premium Content

Key legal principles and industry implications
Patricia Robertson QC, Ben Lynch QC and Dr Deborah Horowitz, Fountain Court Chambers

08 May 2020 / Patricia Robertson KC / Ben Lynch KC / Dr Deborah Horowitz
Law digests: 8 May 2020 Premium Content
07 May 2020
Civil way 8 May 2020 Premium Content
07 May 2020 / Stephen Gold
COVID-19 & fraud— a risk assessment Premium Content
Jonathan Fisher QC reports on responding to new fraud risks in the COVID-19 era
07 May 2020 / Jonathan Fisher KC
Vicarious liability: sanity restored Premium Content
A month on from WM Morrison Supermarkets v Various Claimants being published, Nicholas Dobson reflects on where things went awry on the long & winding road to the final appeal court
07 May 2020 / Nicholas Dobson
The social media weapon Premium Content
Sailesh Mehta & Mahesh Karu drill down on social media & serious crime
07 May 2020 / Sailesh Mehta / Mahesh Karu
NLJ this week: ‘Gang’ issues for prosecutors
The use of social media, ‘drill music’ and the glamorisation of gang lifestyle continues to be a controversial issue among criminal practitioners
06 May 2020
COVID-19: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Premium Content

Laura Davidson discusses an urgent Court of Protection hearing held over Skype which demonstrates the powerful & competing rights & interests of care home residents lawfully deprived of their liberty during the coronavirus pandemic

06 May 2020 / Laura Davidson
COVID-19: Get tough on fraudsters
Lawyers will have to get to grips with a range of risks, frauds, scams and compliance issues arising in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
06 May 2020
The truth, the whole truth & nothing like the truth Premium Content
Peter Thompson QC questions the reasoning behind recent changes to the statement of truth
06 May 2020 / Peter Thompson KC
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NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

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King sets out Starmer’s legislative agenda
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
Decision on divorce & domicile

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Early disclosure has not met its goals, lawyers say
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
Guarding courts from the hazards of AI
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Reforms to inquest fees under consultation
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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