THIS ISSUE
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: the criticisms mount. Michael Zander KC examines the scathing reports of two parliamentary committees
Natalie Todd surveys the boundaries for evidence gained by covert surveillance & other underhand tactics
Harry Matovu KC & Nicholas Heaton urge firms & chambers to support the Black Talent Charter
The government has committed itself to ratifying the Singapore Convention on Mediation, in a move welcomed by the legal profession
Despite the current dip in professional services as a whole, the legal sector is predicted to buck the trend and grow by 6% this year.
Convictions for child cruelty offences will lead to tougher punishments under revised sentencing guidelines.
The government has extended legal aid in private and public family law cases, and changed the evidential requirements for domestic abuse.
The chairman of the Manchester Arena inquiry has called for legislative change to ensure the participation of witnesses.
LawCare, the mental health and wellbeing charity, has launched a free online course for legal professionals.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin
Homegrown hat-trick: Osbornes Law promotes three former trainees to partner
mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford
Partner arrival boosts law firm’s growing real estate team
Freeths—David Smith
Freeths secures major tax hire with appointment of David Smith
NEWS
The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of a director’s duty, in a case where a chairman’s good intentions went awry due to the pandemic
Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned
Richard Lloyd’s independent review of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has delivered a devastating verdict, accusing the super-regulator of having ‘lost its way in recent years’
The House of Commons has passed the Hillsborough Law, in a historic achievement for campaigners, survivors and families of those who died in the 1989 stadium collapse
Judicial statistics show a steady rise in the number of female judges and Asian and mixed ethnicity judges in the past ten years—however, progress in terms of representation has stalled for both Black lawyers and for solicitors
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