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‘The Road Ahead’ set out for family courts

Jon Robins examines the potentially damaging impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jury trials

HHJ Karen Walden-Smith outlines why the courts should take a global approach to applications to resile, while serving the interests of justice

The ban on evictions, introduced in response to the COVID-19 crisis, has been extended by two months until 23 August

The Court of Appeal has provided clarity on the Art 2 obligations of the State to protect life where a person in a care home is the subject of a deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) authorisation and may have died following errors in medical care and treatment

A legal team has been assembled to campaign for a prosecution against the Prime Minister’s aide, Dominic Cummings for breaching lockdown rules

Falcon Chambers’ next weekly free of charge ‘zoominar’ will focus on possession

Global litigation funder Therium has given £100,000 and provided its own resources to help launch the Community Justice Fund

Legal aid lawyers have turned to poetry to make sense of lockdown, and their writing will now raise funds for the Law Centres Network

Neil Parpworth outlines how access to justice, through the function of the courts, must continue during the coronavirus pandemic

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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