THIS ISSUE
HMRC may crack down on fraud related to the employee furlough and self-employed support schemes, professional services company BDO has warned
Legal market report indicates certain practice areas performing strongly
Guidance to help law firms get staff safely back to the office or continue working from home has been released by the Law Society this week
Professional bodies have given a mixed reaction to the review of legal services regulation by Professor Stephen Mayson
A group of solicitors and barristers have formed an association to focus on legal issues emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown
Junior lawyers have called for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) to be postponed as it is not yet ‘fit for purpose’ and could lower standards
A unique online dispute resolution service specifically designed for COVID-19 disputes has been launched by global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright
Anthony Gold Solicitors' managing partner David Marshall has been appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee as a solicitor member
Managing the virtual mediation process: what next for ADR after COVID-19, asks Professor Suzanne Rab
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
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)
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
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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