All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 19
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News‘Moment of reckoning’: new president makes diversity pledge
I. Stephanie Boyce delivers her first speech as president of the Law Society of England and Wales.
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NewsMore courts to offer rapid Covid tests
Leeds Combined Court, Leicester Crown Court, Reading Crown Court and Winchester Combined Court will offer on-site testing from today.
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NewsA&O predicts ‘considerable’ reduction in office space
Magic circle firm expects that 40% of its work will be done from home once the pandemic has passed.
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NewsEx-Post Office workers reach Court of Appeal
Over 40 former sub postmasters will attempt to have their convictions quashed in the Royal Courts of Justice this week.
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NewsLinklaters offers redundancy to all London secretaries
Magic circle firm plans to introduce a flexible working policy once lockdown is lifted.
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NewsSupreme Court: Carers not entitled to minimum wage when asleep
Two sleep-in carer workers brought proceedings on the grounds that sleep counted as 'working time' for minimum wage purposes.
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NewsBar predicts income boost from students - despite pupillage drought
Regulator expects to collect £1.35m from bar school fees this year, 40% more than last year's budget prediction.
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NewsProtest laws ‘a mess’, says joint committee
Joint Committee on Human Rights says the right to protest has not been protected during lockdown.
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NewsQuarter of bar pupils report financial hardship
Some 26% of pupil barristers said their remuneration was ‘insufficient’ in a Bar Council survey.
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News‘Act of spite’: Lord Reed decries proposals to change Supreme Court's name
Changing the Supreme Court’s name would degrade its reputation internationally, says top judge.
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NewsLord chief nudges lawyers back to court
'Possible and desirable' to increase attendance at in-person hearings, says Lord Burnett of Maldon.
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NewsA&O predicts 40% of work will be done remotely
Magic circle firm says the office will remain 'incredibly important' for culture, community and personal development.
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NewsPolice bill clears first hurdle in parliament
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 359 votes to 263.
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NewsWork with locals in hunt for Nightingale courts, HMCTS told
Regional officials do not know what is happening in their own areas, justice committee hears.
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NewsTrial date set for City brothers charged with fraud
Hearing involving former Clifford Chance solicitor accused of fraud and insider dealing listed for next April.
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NewsLondon retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm
The Court of Appeal remitted the state hacking claim in the light of fresh evidence.
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NewsFreshfields to allow 50% homeworking
Magic circle firm joins Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright with new flexible working policy.
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News‘Sense of how to behave’ at risk, says High Court chancellor
Sir Julian Flaux warns that the informality of remote hearings could undermine court rules and the seriousness of judicial decisions.
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NewsDBA ruling gives boost to litigation funding sector
Court of Appeal rules that deal behind group action against truck manufacturers is not a damages-based agreement.
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NewsClifford Chance latest to award lockdown bonus
City retention rates have also remained high this month in spite of Covid concerns.