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27 March 2020
Categories: Legal News , Employment , Property , Covid-19
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COVID-19: tribunals request email and online communications

In response to Public Health England guidelines on social distancing remain in place, parties should use email to lodge all new applications and appeals to the property chamber, first-tier tribunal, the President instructed in a practice direction last week. All correspondence and case management documentation should also be sent by email.

Similarly, the President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber has issued a practice statement asking that all appeals should use the online procedure. 

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Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

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Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

NEWS
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
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Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space
The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness
The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service
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