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A committee of MPs has backed the Bar Council’s call for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to be extended to new and returning practitioners

MPs have criticised the lack of ‘basic data’ available to the judiciary on the extent of delays in the criminal courts

MPs have launched an inquiry into the delays to justice as a result of COVID-19

Lockdown has created confusion over holiday entitlement and how holiday pay is calculated, while employers have also grappled with amendments to the Working Time Regulations

Daniel Lightman QC & Gregor Hogan revisit court orders in the light of COVID-19

The use and occupation of property and performance of property contracts Phil Sissons

Questions about entitlement to holidays & how holiday pay is calculated have rarely been more prominent, says Charles Pigott

Small and medium law firms are bullish about the future but, paradoxically, far less confident about their clients’ prospects, according to this year’s Bellwether Report

This year’s London Legal Walk, postponed due to COVID-19 until 5 October, will now take place virtually, organiser London Legal Support Trust has announced

Prisons are struggling to cope with a larger proportion of older inmates with poor health and the impact of COVID-19, MPs have warned

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Taylor Rose—Jessica Draganescu & Emily Hewlett

Firm strengthens growth strategy and group litigation capability with senior hires

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

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Child focused courts to roll out nationwide

Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster

Bad behaviour must relate to proceedings, holds Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour

Burials and cremation law under review

Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space

Reducing women’s imprisonment

The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness

Financial Ombudsman to return to its roots

The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Taylor Rose—Jessica Draganescu & Emily Hewlett

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean