All Law Gazette articles in 6 April 2020 – Page 2
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Profile
Lawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
'I am working from home in the Lincolnshire countryside where the broadband connection is thankfully as strong as the local community.'
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News
Lawyers make pro bono appeal offer to struck-off briefcase junior
Hunt is on to trace former junior lawyer who was banned by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
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News
Disputes firm commits £1m to help businesses hit by pandemic
Hausfeld will spend a maximum of £50,000 on each case.
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News
McFarlane calls for feedback on remote hearings
Family division president begins two-week consultation to inform fresh guidance.
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News
Emergency fund will not cover barristers’ needs, warns Bar Council
All members of the bar have been asked to donate money to help those in most financial distress.
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Law Report
Data protection: use of personal data for improper purpose
Court held employee’s wrongful conduct not so closely connected with acts he was authorised to do that it could fairly be regarded as done by him while acting in ordinary course of employment.
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News
Law is still rocking - at a social distance
Global charity Law Rocks! seeks votes for the best performance ever.
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Opinion
The new normal? Opinion has shifted overnight on remote hearings
Why have remote court hearings? The question in future is surely why would we not?
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News
CPS to downgrade 'less serious' cases
’We cannot ignore the unprecedented challenge facing the criminal justice system’ says DPP.
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News
Use QC application fees to help barristers, Bar Council urged
‘Totally unjustified’ to sit on £1.35m of funds, says Public Access Bar Association.
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News
Firm hire: Collingbourne Hennah recruits trainee solicitor
Tamara Khalili joins the south Wales-based firm.
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News
Learn to manage expectations of different generations, GCs told
Report identifies five pillars for a sustainable working environment to future-proof in-house legal teams.
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News
Firm furloughs and freezes – latest
Another six legal practices announce dramatic measures to protect jobs in the Covid-19 crisis.
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News
1960s pop legends Bonzos see off court threats
Litigant in person criticised for ‘inadmissible opinion evidence, bare assertion and irrelevancies’.
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Profile
Lawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
'All you do is chat to people,' says my wife. 'Is that really what you do all day?'
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Opinion
Will there be a worse access to justice crisis?
Potential consequences for legal services are emerging from the fog of the coronavirus crisis.
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News
Pandemic adjournment bid rejected as judge orders remote five-week trial
Lawyers told to work together to ensure next month’s Chancery Division trial can go ahead online.
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News
Court overturns £39k order against solicitor for unpaid medical fees
Dispute over fees for cancelled appointments or cases that ended up being unsuccessful.
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News
Firm that missed email and released funds given all-clear by High Court
Commercial practice DKLM overlooked an email sent to its ‘contact us’ address.
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News
Inns of Court create emergency hardship fund
The four inns are working on a package of measures to assist barristers worst hit by the coronavirus crisis.