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News'Completely exhausted': women in law highlight Covid-19 struggles
Survey attracts 900 responses highlighting pressures faced by those with and without children.
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NewsWoman owing firm unpaid fees loses final ‘hopeless’ appeal
Firm has been trying for almost two years to enforce fees for professional services.
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NewsLaw centres invited to apply for grants from £5m coronavirus pot
Community Justice Fund set up to help social welfare specialists includes £2.4m from the government.
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NewsLCJ: ‘No going back’ to pre-Covid ways
Lord Burnett sounds positive message about the rapid introduction of technology to courts.
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News£14bn Mastercard claim not suitable for collective action, Supreme Court hears
Mastercard stresses the enormous scope of the claim, which spans ‘all the sectors of the UK economy’.
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NewsProbate applications halve during lockdown
HMCTS is preparing for a surge in applications for grants of probate once government restrictions are eased.
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NewsJury trials to resume in up to eight courts next week
The Old Bailey, Cardiff, Bristol, Reading, Warwick, Winchester, Manchester Minshull St. and Nottingham are considered suitable.
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NewsMastercard appeal goes before Supreme Court
Five judges will decide whether the biggest damages claim in UK legal history can proceed.
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NewsTaylor Wessing cuts hours and pay
City firm says it is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about future operations.
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NewsBack to work? New advice for office social distancing
Government issues advice for businesses that require people to come into the office.
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NewsLaw school creates coronavirus master’s course
The law and health programme is aimed at both lawyers and doctors.
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News'Justice will collapse': Barristers urged to lobby MPs
‘We need you to help us make the case to government,’ Bar Council tells members.
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NewsFreed Chinese lawyer plans to take on Beijing in court
Wang Quanzhang says courts violated criminal procedure law following his arrest in 2015.
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NewsHMCTS to test 'block listing' in magistrates' court
Firms would be given dedicated amount of time for their cases to be heard in one go.
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NewsProfession welcomes return of jury trials - but warns against court rush
New jury trials are due to begin under ‘special arrangements’, lord chief justice confirms.
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NewsAnglo-Welsh firm grapples with divergent ‘return to work’ rules
Allington Hughes, which has offices and staff in England and Wales, says it is in a ‘very difficult’ position.
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NewsBaker McKenzie: QC calls SRA case ‘unnecessary’
Hearings in long-running disciplinary case against firm and three former executives concluded last week.
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NewsFirm to tap into exodus from offices after pandemic
Hudgell Solicitors managing director says remote working could enable firm to bring in fee-earners across country.
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NewsOld Bailey jury trials to resume this week
Social distancing rules will be applied to all participants, with overspill courtrooms for extra space.