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Insurer AXA has declined to appeal the Wolseley COVID-19 business interruption judgment test case, Corbin & King Ltd and others v AXA Insurance UK plc [2022] EWHC 409 (Comm), giving the hospitality sector hope of recovering their losses

Parliament was given insufficient opportunity to scrutinise and amend emergency pandemic laws, the cross-party Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) has said

Parliament was not given sufficient opportunity to scrutinise and amend emergency pandemic laws, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded

Nicholas Dobson reviews the recent challenge to the appointment of Dido Harding as chair of Test & Trace

As we dare to hope that lockdown is now behind us, what has changed since the pandemic & how will it impact the practice of commercial litigation in the post-pandemic environment? Michael Frisby reports

Commercial litigation in the post-pandemic world―what can we expect to see?

Only 30 Nightingale courtrooms―introduced to help with the backlog during the COVID-19 pandemic―are to be kept in use until March 2023, the government has said

The pandemic has been challenging for many junior litigators, so how can firms make sure they are providing the right support?

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has announced via family lawyer organisations that where an application is issued in the Family Division after 1 March 2022, first hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice will be attended hearings as opposed to remote

Rachel Lewis explains how her firm, Farrer & Co, has opted to keep the best of both worlds when it reorganised its working practices

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Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

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Stress at work for corporate counsel

One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Chancery Lane says no to LeO

The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers

Human rights concerns for patients, prisoners & immigration detainees

Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned

Licensing fast-track for conveyancing & probate professionals

Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals

Stress at work? Join the (employment tribunal claim) queue

Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace

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Covid-19

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Freeths—Louise Mahon