THIS ISSUE
Michael Zander on the Faulks Review: will it end as a government stitch-up?
‘Substantial’ meals & staying at home: Fred Philpott compares current guidance with the actual law
In the first of a special NLJ series on the impact of the pandemic on the wider justice system, Jon Robins reports on cases in limbo, increasing pressures on the criminal justice system & Covid outbreaks in the courts
Disclosure requirements can extend to work-related emails and messages on an employee’s personal phone or other device, the Court of Appeal has held.
Money owed to debtor can be set off against amount to be repaid
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published details of a cluster of reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules, including changes on vulnerable witnesses, evidence and offers to settle.
Solicitors can now register for fast-track entry into courts and tribunals through the professional users’ access scheme.
All claimants should be able to start their claim online in future, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, has said.
The Law Society has welcomed Land Registry proposals to allow digital identity checking in conveyancing.
Diversity at the Bar is ‘inching’ forward but needs to accelerate, Bar Chair Derek Sweeting QC said this week in response to the annual Bar Standards Board diversity report.
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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