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
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
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
NEWS
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
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
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
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
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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