Shutterstock The Rolls Building, Royal Courts of Justice, London An eagerly anticipated test case on coronavirus-related litigation starts in London this week Test case litigation for business-related Covid-19 insurance claims that could pave the way to billions of pounds in business interruption payouts to impacted policyholders starts in the High Court today. The case …
Monthly Archives: July 2020
'Not just about the professionals': Buckland defends extended court hours
The government is not trying to permanently change the way the courts work by extending operating hours to clear the backlog, the lord chancellor has said. Robert Buckland and HM Courts & Tribunals Service chief Susan Acland-Hood were questioned about the controversial measure by the House of Lords constitution committee yesterday. From practitioners’ point of …
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'It's devastating news' – the businesses still unable to reopen
Image copyright Janice Dunphy Image caption Janice Dunphy, owner of the Web Adventure Park indoor play centre As the nation gradually unlocks, nightclubs and soft play centres still don’t know when it will be their turn to reopen. “On Friday there was the devastating news that everybody else apart from ourselves and nightclubs could open,” …
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Call for Chancellor to help self-employed excluded by £50k cap
Approximately 230,000 of Britain’s self-employed continue to be excluded from any Government support because they have had trading profits of £50,000 or more in the last three years. Campaigners are calling on the Chancellor to step in and remove their exclusion from the Self Employment Income Support Scheme, when he makes a summer statement to …
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A “major overhaul” of family courts to protect domestic abuse victims… or a re-branding exercise?
Home > Articles Hannah Gomersall, barrister, and Srishti Suresh, pupil barrister, both of Coram Chambers, review the government’s proposed changes to the family courts in response to the experiences of domestic abuse victims. Hannah Gomersall, barrister, and Srishti Suresh, pupil barrister, both of Coram Chambers On Thursday, 25 June 2020, the government published …
Five tips to becoming your own boss in coronavirus-era
With many people losing their jobs or in furlough limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s tough to know what’s around the corner. For some, it may be an opportunity to go it alone in business, using expertise, experience and contacts garnered over the years. Job fears could even be the push they need to …
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Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 – the end of fault based divorce is in sight – Lexology
After decades of campaigning, predominantly by family law practitioners, The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill finally received Royal assent and became an Act of Parliament on 25 June 2020. In the biggest shake-up of divorce laws for 50 years, the move towards “no fault divorce” is long overdue, and a welcome change which is aimed …
HMCTS chief justifies extended court hours to clear backlog
Extended court hours, Blackstone courts and 1-metre social distancing will still not be enough to get the Crown court backlog to pre-pandemic levels, the chief executive of HM Courts & Tribunals Service has admitted. The backlog reached 40,173 by the end of March, at the height of the coronavirus crisis. It now stands at 41,599. …
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COVID-19 UK: Litigation – Court sentences directors in their absence for breaches of anti-suit injun…
In a judgment dated 2 April 2020, which only recently became available, a Commercial Court judge took the exceptional step of sentencing four absent respondents to prison for contempt of court (Dell Emerging Markets (EMEA) Ltd and others v Systems Equipment Telecommunications Services SAL and others [2020] EWHC 1384 (Comm)). Whilst the decision is fact-specific, …
Dos and don’ts of co-parenting during COVID-19 – The Lawyer’s Daily
Nandishi Bekah Co-parenting can be challenging even in the best of circumstances. Throw in a global pandemic and you get complete disruption in normalcy and routines that parents crave. With increased security measures put in place to ensure public safety, adjustments between households with shared custody and access arrangements have to be made. During this …
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