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Some 92% of lawyers gained trust in tech during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has reported.

Wearing too many hats? In this month’s brief, Ian Smith addresses the confirmation of the rule against multiple employers, lingering COVID fears at work, & civil proceedings orders

What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on international and internal child relocation?

What impact has the pandemic had on international & internal child relocation? Sarah Hughes & Victoria Rylatt survey the key changes

Lawyers have welcomed plans to keep 24 Nightingale Courts open for another year, but warned more was needed to tackle the backlog of cases.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that 24 of the Nightingale Courts, which were set up to boost capacity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, will remain open in 2023 to allow more cases to be heard to reduce the backlog.

More than a third (37%) of UK lawyers surveyed by Law360 Pulse, which launched its UK edition this week, say their work-life balance has worsened in the past year.

From COVID fears in the workplace to claims submitted one day out of time, barrister and lecturer Ian Smith presents another of his always-popular Employment Law Brief, in this week’s NLJ.

Ian Smith is back with a bang, rounding up the latest employment updates including COVID fears in the workplace & claims submitted one day out of time

Remote working is here to stay for lawyers, whether firms like it or not. But, if firms don’t… what can they actually do about it? Writing in this week’s NLJ, barrister and journalist Veronica Cowan explores the extent of home working and surrounding attitudes to the practice within the legal profession.

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison