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KEEPING YOUR LAW FIRM GOING IN THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS (10): GUIDANCE FROM NEW ZEALAND

KEEPING YOUR LAW FIRM GOING IN THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS (10): GUIDANCE FROM NEW ZEALAND

April 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Useful links, Well being

Here we look at guidance to lawyers from New Zealand.   The series on “Lawyers in Lockdown” is particularly illuminating, it shows that these issues are universal. We are far from alone. New Zealand The New Zealand Law Society has a…

Covid-19 and the immigration tribunals: a working guide for representatives

April 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content, Useful links

Barristers Bernadette Smith and Geeta Koska have produced a guide dealing with the legal and practical issues facing those who are practising in immigration tribunals during the coronavirus crisis. THE GUIDE One useful function of the guide is that it…

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE PRACTICE DIRECTIONS: POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE PRACTICE DIRECTIONS: POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS

April 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content

There have been amendments to Practice Direction 51Z.  These provide exceptions to the total ban on possession proceedings.   THE AMENDMENTS: 120th UPDATE – PRACTICE DIRECTION AMENDMENTS “The amendments to Practice Direction 51Z supplementing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 are…

CORONAVIRUS AND SOCIAL CARE: ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE FROM MY COLLEAGUES

CORONAVIRUS AND SOCIAL CARE: ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE FROM MY COLLEAGUES

April 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Useful links

Whilst this blog deals, primarily with procedural issues and problems arising from Covid-19 there are major issues relating to substantive law.  The law on social care, in particular,  is now a major issue. On the Kings Chambers site Coronavirus: Guidance…

119th Practice Direction Update to the Civil Procedure Rules – Online Civil Money Claims in support of the Covid-19 effort

119th Practice Direction Update to the Civil Procedure Rules – Online Civil Money Claims in support of the Covid-19 effort

April 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content

The 119th update to the Practice Direction Amendments can be found here.  The amendments relate to the the Online Civil Claims (OCMC) pilot scheme. THE CHANGES The changes are best summarised in the Courts and Tribunals Announcements page, available here. …

KEEPING YOUR LAW FIRM GOING IN THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS (9): CANADA

April 20, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Well being

In the 9th in this series we look at advice to and from lawyers in Canada.   All of these links offer practical advice which can be used in the UK, and beyond. Canada In ‘COVID-19: law firms going remote, some…

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