THIS ISSUE
Partner content: With many practices struggling to support their clients throughout lockdown, largely due to outdated technology, there has been a big push to move business communications to the cloud. But, what does a move to the cloud mean for your practice? Duncan Ward, CEO of Network Telecom, explains the benefits of moving sooner rather than later
Furloughed employees who are subsequently made redundant should not lose out on redundancy pay, under legislation in force since 31 July
The disturbing story of how the law came to support the trans-Atlantic slave trade is told in NLJ this week
By Monica Barton, Lorène Sani and Delphine Zhuang of international law firm Winston & Strawn
This week DDJ Stephen Gold looks at pandemic-inspired insolvency measures and untangles the often-changing rules on possession, in his Civil way column
Winding down; Taxman to retake priority; Possessions: very latest; Mauve is in
Veronica Cowan scans the future for signs remote working is here to stay
"Often described as ‘the bible on legal aid’, the latest edition of the Legal Aid Handbook represents an essential text for legal aid practitioners"
Processing customer payments: key litigation risks for banks, examined by Chris Bushell & Ceri Morgan
John McElroy & Luke Grimes examine climate change litigation in England and Wales
MOVERS & SHAKERS
CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson
Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council
Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill
Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge
Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin
Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire
NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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