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All Law Gazette articles in 6 April 2020 – Page 5
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NewsBaker McKenzie case returns to tribunal - via Zoom
Plans being made for most SDT cases in the coming weeks to be heard remotely.
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NewsPlea for government grants to help law firms manage debt explosion
Managing partner suggests grants could comprise a percentage of law firm turnover.
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OpinionOne person’s 'covidiot' is another person’s client
Lawyers don’t do balance. We act for clients who have taken one view of the argument.
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NewsJunior solicitor banned for lies about briefcase left on a train
Practitioner had been qualified for less than a year when she lied to her firm about what had happened to sensitive documents.
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FeaturePublic law for regulators in the time of coronavirus
Prioritise the most urgent and serious needs and act as flexibly as you can within your own legal framework/policies.
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NewsHigh Court ruling backs claimants in VW emissions litigation
Diesel engines did contain a defeat device, Mr Justice Waksman finds in judgment on preliminary issues.
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NewsChina could face Covid claims running into trillions
UK courts could hear claims over failure to follow international regulations, thinktank says.
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NewsSolicitor representing 17-year-old attacks 'unnecessary' coronavirus risk
Teenager was one of a group of people arrested for being in enclosed premises.
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NewsDavid Lammy replaces Burgon as shadow justice secretary
Shami Chakrabarti also out as Tony Blair's former lord chancellor Lord Falconer takes shadow AG role.
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NewsDechert partners accused of Gulf torture
A Jordanian lawyer alleges he was kidnapped and placed in solitary confinement for 560 days during investigation.
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ProfileLawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
'From being the "master of delegation" pre Covid-19, I am now in effect a one-man legal band.'
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NewsSalmond’s QC to resign as Scottish bar chief
Gordon Jackson QC plans to resign as dean of the Faculty of Advocates at the end of June.
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NewsListed Rosenblatt owner postpones dividend
Firm operating at ‘normal capacity’ despite shutting London and Manchester offices.
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FeatureNorthern powerhouse
Lower operating costs, highly respected learning institutions and a proactive development agency are helping transform Northern Ireland’s legal services sector. Marialuisa Taddia reports on a province that has become a magnet for leading international firms
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OpinionOn the outside looking in
Remote working can be a much more efficient way of delivering justice.
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NewsSRA staying silent on law school pass rates
Regulator again refuses to reveal details of individual law schools after the Gazette submitted an information request.
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FeatureHome-made justice
For the lawyers and expert witnesses involved, the first trial conducted through Skype was a success – but that enthusiasm is not shared by the litigant.
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NewsNews focus: what Morrisons means for vicarious liability
Despite Morrisons’ victory in the Supreme Court last week over the actions of a disgruntled employee, the ruling did not entirely extinguish the threat to businesses from vicarious liability.
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OpinionTough conversations
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is having a better Covid-19 crisis than the prime minister. This is something of a turn-up, given that the Westminster commentariat had Sunak down as a Boris Johnson cipher following Sajid Javid’s noisy departure from number 11. OddsChecker tells me the 39-year-old is as short as 5/2 ...
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