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02 September 2020
Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Profession
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Ten Nightingales now open

The final two of the ten Nightingale courts promised by the government have opened, in Leeds’ Cloth Hall Court and Peterborough Cathedral

Temporary courts have already opened in Chichester, Stevenage, Middlesbrough, Swansea, Telford, Fleetwood and at Borough High Street and the Ministry of Justice’s headquarters in London.

Law Society president Simon Davis welcomed the opening of the courts and called for court time to be ‘used as efficiently as possible’.

Davis said: ‘Investing in legal aid for early advice and legal representation would help to nip problems in the bud before they escalate and reduce the need for cases to go to court.’

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