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The Old Bailey's new senior judge will also remain in his current role as chief coroner due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The winning team in last week's landmark Morrisons case is delivering a webinar on what it means for business. DWF's employment, data protection and commercial litigation specialists will be answering questions live at the event, which streams on April 21 from 1100 to 1200.

A motorist who told police he was speeding because he was trying to avoid catching coronavirus has been referred to court. Surrey Police said they pulled over the man driving on the M25 at 130 miles per hour on Tuesday.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the order of the High Court that the evidence of a loan servicer was inadmissible hearsay. The proceedings concerned the admissibility of the evidence adduced by Promontoria in its application for summary judgment against Gerry Burns and Anne Burns, and whether it was

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of Brid McColgan as an associate director in the firm's private client team. She joins the team led by director Michael Graham after previously working for over 10 years at a large commercial law firm in Northern Ireland in their private client dep

Pinsent Masons has furloughed some of its non-fee earners in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The firm may also issue guidance on holidays as it looks to avoid mass absences when the lockdown eases.

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) received over 600 complaints in the first five months of the new independent complaints handling regime, according to a new report. The watchdog has published the first of its bi-annual reports on complaints against solicitors and barristers made in the

Proposals for a statutory cap on personal injuries payouts have been rejected by the solicitor and barrister professions. The Law Reform Commission last year set out four models for capping personal injury awards.

Remote hearings should be introduced for family law cases that do not require cross-examination of witnesses, a prominent family lawyer has said. The president of the Circuit Court announced this week that all family law matters listed during the Easter term will be adjourned to a later date.

New Garda powers to enforce lockdown restrictions should not be used as the consent-based approach "has been for the most part successful", civil liberties experts have said. Health Minister Simon Harris yesterday signed regulations giving gardaí powers to enforce restrictions on movement dur

Ronan Daly Jermyn partner Diarmaid Gavin and trainee Kate Murphy explore the European Commission's response to the coronavirus pandemic. On 19 March 2020, the European Commission adopted a temporary framework for state aid measures to support the economy of member states in the current Covid-19 outb

Prominent Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy, who has spent almost two weeks in hospital with coronavirus, has been taken off a ventilator amid signs of improvement, according to reports. Today's edition of The Irish News reports that Mr Murphy "is understood to have been taken off a ventilator" and "is

William Fry unpacks recent clarifications about certain provisions of the Government's temporary wage subsidy scheme. The Revenue Commissioners have issued some recent welcome clarifications about certain provisions of the Government's temporary wage subsidy scheme.

Retired Belfast solicitor Jacinta McCullough has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Ms McCullough qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and worked in a number of practices, including Lennon Toner & O’Neill, Madden & Finucane and latterly McCullough and Co. on Upper N

EU member states cannot unilaterally rely on alleged fraud to set aside certificates for social security coverage validly issued by another member state, the European Court of Justice has ruled in a landmark judgment on the posting of workers. Although member states can disregard certificates which