THIS ISSUE
The public inquiry into the ‘spy cops’ scandal has so far struggled amid various concerns including about the suitability of the Chair, according to Mike Schwarz, partner at Hodge, Jones & Allen writing in NLJ this week
Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC has been appointed a Visiting Professor in Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, which is launching an undergraduate LLB Law with Politics and Human Rights at Goldsmiths
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the world's leading professional body for the promotion of alternative dispute resolution, is running a free of charge event for the whole ADR (alternative dispute resolution) community
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has ordered Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to conduct an ‘urgent reassessment’ of students’ needs, in response to exam complaints
The COVID-19 crisis is likely to create long-term challenges for courts, particularly commercial courts, an international forum of commercial courts has warned
Conveyancers have been issued with pandemic-compliant guidance amid government moves to kickstart the housing market
The Bar Council Pupillage Fair, now in its fifth year, will be entirely virtual this year, the Bar Council has said
Senior judges and legal academics have called for a ‘breathing space’ break in litigation to allow firms to recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Firm adds partner to family team
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Penningtons Manches Cooper—Gary Walsh
Marine finance partner strengthens Penningtons Manches Cooper's banking and finance practice
Anthony Collins—20 promotions
20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins
Sidley—Elaine Whiteford
Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London
NEWS
The cross-party Justice Select Committee has warned legal aid is now a ‘service in managed decline’ due to ministers’ ‘inadequate’ and ‘disappointing’ response to its concerns
It would not be in the public interest to bring contempt proceedings against MI5 for providing unreliable evidence about its policy of ‘neither confirming nor denying’ someone worked for the intelligence services, the High Court has held
The Civil Justice Council has recommended a practice direction (PD) be drawn up to advise lawyers on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in court documents
Courts modernisation champion and technology enthusiast Sir Geoffrey Vos has retired after an extraordinary career
Practitioners have welcomed two autumn budget reforms relating to inheritance tax on pensions
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