THIS ISSUE
HMRC may crack down on fraud related to the employee furlough and self-employed support schemes, professional services company BDO has warned
Legal market report indicates certain practice areas performing strongly
Guidance to help law firms get staff safely back to the office or continue working from home has been released by the Law Society this week
Professional bodies have given a mixed reaction to the review of legal services regulation by Professor Stephen Mayson
A group of solicitors and barristers have formed an association to focus on legal issues emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown
Junior lawyers have called for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) to be postponed as it is not yet ‘fit for purpose’ and could lower standards
A unique online dispute resolution service specifically designed for COVID-19 disputes has been launched by global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright
Anthony Gold Solicitors' managing partner David Marshall has been appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee as a solicitor member
Managing the virtual mediation process: what next for ADR after COVID-19, asks Professor Suzanne Rab
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva
Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice
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Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson
London labour and employment team announces partner hire
Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly
Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion
NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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