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Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7920

12 February 2021

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Internal procedures, constructive dismissals & the slippery slope of indirect discrimination: Ian Smith offers some expert tuition

Coronavirus regulations: out with impenetrable legalese & in with pictures, graphs & diagrams, say Charles Auld & Kate Harrington

Veronica Cowan quizzes experts on the pressure faced by the property sector as the end of the stamp duty holiday looms

In his new column, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan shares his insights and predictions for litigators in and out of court

Divorce applications nearly doubled between April and July last year as couples struggled with the first lockdown, according to the Legal Services Board (LSB) COVID-19 research dashboard into the pandemic’s impact on legal services.

Tougher checks on professional competence throughout a lawyer’s career could be introduced, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said.

Law firms, legal businesses and chambers have been urged to join the #10000BlackInterns initiative, which aims to broaden career opportunities for Black people in the UK.

Lawyers and rights activists around the world are suffering ongoing attacks from governments for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International and the Centre for Applied Human Rights have warned.

A deadline of summer 2021 has been set for publication of the final copy of the Family Division’s Transparency Review on media access and reporting in the Family Court, which was launched in May 2019.

About 11% of British adults have experienced wrongly distributed inheritance, either personally or through a member of their family, research has found

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NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

Ling Ong, partner at Weightmans and president of London Market FOIL, discusses her biggest inspirations, the challenges of AI and the importance of tackling unconscious bias

DWF—Imogen Francis

Director and head of IP team joins in Birmingham

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions

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NLJ this week: Mazur and more—inside the litigation frontline

From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed

NLJ this week: Social media bans for children spark legal dilemmas

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation

NLJ this week: Leasehold reform risks creating ‘forgotten freeholders’

Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies

NLJ this week: Court of Appeal clarifies when a claim truly begins

Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid

NLJ this week: Split FDRs could ease pressure—and boost settlements

The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation

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Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7920

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

DWF—Imogen Francis

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions