Tag: COVID-19

Get supermarket staff to witness your legal docs during lockdown, says law firm
Does COVID-19 advice miss the mark?

Exclusive: Bat appreciation group threatens legal action over COVID-19 source claims
Online assertions based on evidence that isn't 'ultra-sound', claims group's chairman

Vlogging magic circle trainee reflects on life in lockdown
‘I’ve lost freedom, structure and purpose’

Nottingham Trent Uni waives law student accommodation fees
Coronavirus: But uni's vice chancellor slams private third-party housing providers refusing to cancel rent costs

Further top law firms confirm spring vacation scheme suspensions
Clyde & Co, Gowling WLG, Burges Salmon, Stephenson Harwood and TLT

Over half of courts to close in battle against coronavirus
A network of 157 priority courts will remain open to ensure justice system continues to operate effectively, MoJ says

Home-working Serjeants’ Inn QC drafts hilarious ‘legal notice’ to kids
Prompting other lawyer parents to do the same

Shoosmiths first firm to cancel 2020 summer vacation scheme amid COVID-19 disruption
Exclusive: Candidates will still be considered for training contracts

COVID-19: Financial uncertainty and tech woes force chambers to delay pupillage interviews
But majority to go ahead as planned, says Bar Council

Exclusive: City law firms to cover vac schemers wasted expenses amid COVID-19 disruption
Large number of spring programmes put on hold

Virus latest: Regulator to relax LPC exam rules
Law schools can apply to run assessments online to avoid delays, SRA confirms

COVID-19: The toll on criminal justice
An already crumbling system finds itself in limbo

COVID-19: MoJ lists which lawyers are ‘key workers’
Their children can attend school or nursery from today