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The stay on evictions has been extended until 20 September 2020 and there will be a new six-month notice period on any eviction notices served by landlords

A coherent recovery plan is required to address the rising backlog of family cases, including an ‘unprecedented level of children law applications’ and a sharp increase in domestic abuse injunctions, a family lawyer writes for NLJ.

Recent intervention by justice ministers to clarify that wills witnessed remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic will be considered valid has proved controversial in some quarters

Many solicitors are ‘predicting a tsunami of litigation with courts being overwhelmed just as they are dealing with the backlog of work developed in the lockdown,’ David Greene, senior partner, Edwin Coe, & NLJ consultant editor, writes in this week’s NLJ.

As we enter the summer break, David Greene predicts some challenging & uncertain times ahead for the court system

The COVID-19 pandemic ‘has revealed the bankruptcy of austerity ideology’, says Patrick Allen, NLJ columnist & senior partner, Hodge, Jones & Allen

Barristers at 4 Stone Buildings have published an e-book, ‘Litigation in the time of COVID-19: legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency’

Family lawyers organisation Resolution has launched a jumbo training package to ease its members through lockdown

The Law Society has produced an interactive map to show which Nightingale courts are operational

Remote hearings, video hearings or no hearing at all? Sheena Cassidy Hope considers how the family courts might evolve

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Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

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NLJ this week: Property cases reshape established principles-T1

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land

NLJ this week: Property cases reshape established principles

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land

NLJ this week: Stress ruling raises the bar for employers

Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee

NLJ this week: Can Manchesterism revive access to justice?

Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE

NLJ this week: Constitutional conventions tested as power changes hands

The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron