THIS ISSUE
Family lawyers organisation Resolution has launched a jumbo training package to ease its members through lockdown
Solicitor applications for probate are to be made online only, under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals
Remote hearings, video hearings or no hearing at all? Sheena Cassidy Hope considers how the family courts might evolve
Dominic Regan suggests the finest wines for a summer staycation…for surprisingly low prices
With UK-EU negotiations continuing, Kevin Roberts & Charlotte Glaser discuss the UK’s anticipated departure from the European Arrest Warrant
One examination, two experts, several problems. Sheena Parry reports
Innocent but not allowed to prove it. Slim Dinsdale & Fred Philpott address a statutory fiction in criminal law
Post-Barclays Bank, Christopher Johnson & Frederick Powell provide an update on vicarious liability for practitioners & employers
The Financial Ombudsman Service: a matter of principle, ask Jonathan Kirk QC & Thomas Samuels
Government has clarified its COVID–19 wills plans, but some misconceptions remain, as Dr Nicholas Bevan explains
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Constantine Law—Anita Vadgama
New senior partner hire at consultant-led employment / regulatory law firm
Ward Hadaway—Emma Swann & Jill Donabie
Firm adds two partners to growing education practice
mfg Solicitors—Lauren Collins, Emily Stancer & Sara Southall
Trio of newly qualified solicitors strengthens Worcester office law firm
NEWS
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
The treasury has sought to reassure the legal profession over concerns about cost, bureaucracy and independence when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) takes over regulation of anti-money laundering compliance
One out of two barristers has come under pressure from clients to act unethically, according to the results of this year’s Barristers’ Working Lives survey
The Court of Appeal has held the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) was wrong to set aside a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision on unfair pricing of phenytoin, an epilepsy drug
A flagship employment law reform is due to come into effect on 1 July, extending unfair dismissal rights to employees after six months in their job instead of two years
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