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Elizabeth Rimmer discusses how to find your feet (again) in a post-pandemic legal world
The government has said will begin a review of prison mental health in the spring, in its response to a Justice Committee report, Mental Health in Prisons
Legal mental health charity LawCare has reached the major milestone of 10,000 legal professionals and support staff helped since the charity launched in 1997
Nicholas Dobson analyses a key Supreme Court decision on capacity to consent to sexual relations
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has presented the ‘People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform’ white paper to Parliament on 1 December 2021, setting out its ten-year vision for the adult social care sector
A man with no mental capacity to understand consent does not have capacity to enter into sexual acts, the Supreme Court has held
Proposals to make mental health services more person-centred are highly welcome, but Keith Wilding fears they may founder without sufficient financial investment
One in four family lawyers is on the verge of quitting due to the pressure of work, according to a report on wellbeing in the profession.
The High Court has clarified that a test for capacity from an 1870 case remains good law, in a bitter wills dispute between two siblings.
Proposals to reform the Mental Health Act (MHA) make ‘arbitrary distinctions between patients who have capacity and those who lack capacity and those who are and are not in the criminal justice system’, the Law Society has warned.
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

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Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Magic circle firms, in-house legal departments and litigation firms alike are embracing more flexible ways to manage surges of workloads, the success of Flex Legal has shown

Magic circle firms, in-house legal departments and litigation firms alike are embracing more flexible ways to manage surges of workloads, the success of Flex Legal has shown

Magic circle firms, in-house legal departments and litigation firms alike are embracing more flexible ways to manage surges of workloads, the success of Flex Legal has shown

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

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