THIS ISSUE
Pensions lawyers can expect a busy time ahead, journalist Stephanie Hawthorne writes in this week’s NLJ
Confused by the lockdown laws? You’re not alone. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Peter Thompson QC takes a tongue-in-cheek but informative look at COVID-19 rule
Lockdown laws from a loving perspective, by Peter Thompson QC
With planes grounded and holidays cancelled, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the air travel industry
NLJ's Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week's issue
Police interviews during the COVID-19 crisis: Michael Zander on the new rules
COVID-19: Harriet Morgan & Chloe Price share their projections for the future of the charity sector
Katherine Deal QC & Christopher Loxton, 3 Hare Court
Jury trials have resumed at a further five courts, bringing the total up to 16
Wills and probate practitioners saw no change in business levels, conveyancing was hardest hit, 60% of firms furloughed employees and 15% had to make redundancies, a survey of law firms has found
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck
Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family
Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale
DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council
R3—Jodie Wildridge
Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire
NEWS
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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