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NLJ this week: Picking up the pieces

02 July 2020
Issue: 7893 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Legal aid focus , Legal services
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The widespread misery caused to society’s poorest by the COVID-19 crisis is highlighted in this week's issue by Keith Wilding, a retired fee-paid tribunal judge, and Sue Bent, chief executive of the Central England Law Centre

The Central England Law Centre (CELC), which has centres in Birmingham and Coventry, is one of the many advice agencies around the country doing its best to cope with the social fallout of the pandemic. It has seen an escalation of referrals for employment advice and domestic violence. While evictions have been paused during the pandemic, CELC staff predict a ‘bulge’ in cases once they resume.

Wilding and Bent warn that the vulnerable will not ‘bounce back’. Read the article in full here.

@CELCCov

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

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

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

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

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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