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All Law Gazette articles in 27 July 2020
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NewsRemote prison visits for solicitors 'not available for weeks'
Solicitors unable to take instructions from clients in custody before hearing due to video-link availability.
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NewsClaimant ordered to pay defence costs after fundamental dishonesty finding
Defendant had failed to show collision was bogus but got dishonesty through on extent of injuries.
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News40% of LPC students not getting training contracts
SRA says new exam will help drive a more competitive and flexible legal training market.
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NewsFormer Tory justice minister to chair independent JR review
Review will consider whether judges should decide on certain executive decisions.
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NewsAbolish Supreme Court - think tank
Supreme Court is willing to decide cases on policy grounds, without disclosing adequate legal basis, policy paper argues.
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OpinionLawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
'We had one client who wore a mask on a Zoom call'.
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NewsBid for legal recognition of humanist marriages fails
Couples argued that the fact that the law provides for legally recognised religious marriages means that it is discriminatory not to recognise humanist marriages.
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NewsNew lockdown rules: Guidance states Manchester offices can still open
People in affected areas should not socialise with people they do not live with in indoor public venues - but offices are not included.
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NewsShoosmiths says WFH requests assumed to be approved in future
National firm will reopen offices next week but will operate an ‘output not occupancy’ policy.
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NewsFormer Prudential boss to chair DWF
Jonathan Bloomer takes position vacated by Sir Nigel Knowles in boardroom shakeup.
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NewsLiverpool Crown Court to pilot 'Covid-19 operating hours'
Morning and afternoon lists will involve separate groups of judges, lawyers and staff.
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NewsTravers Smith reports 20% drop in PEP
'We are far from being out of the woods yet,' firm warns.
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NewsSolicitor super-exam to cost £3,980
Fee does not include training costs which may amount to over £10,000.
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NewsPre-Covid remote hearings worked well, study finds
Evaluation of 14 completed cases should be treated as 'exploratory and preliminary'.
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NewsSummer spike in judicial sanctions
Twenty magistrates and judges have been disciplined in the past two months.
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FeatureIf you have a 1 October PII renewal date, act now
Chair of the Law Society’s Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee issues an important warning to solicitors.
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NewsCourt closures 'hard to justify now', say MPs
Committee tells government to re-evaluate estates reform programme in light of Covid-19 response.
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Law ReportReflective loss
Appeal succeeds against finding that sums company sought to recover fell outside 'reflective loss' principle.
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OpinionJustice is not about numbers, but some numbers cannot be ignored
Justice Committee publishes report on the impact of Covid-19 on the courts.