COVID-19
Is a pandemic the right time to be thinking about diversity issues at the Bar?
<p>And what adjustments should we retain? Notes on the crisis, gender and the Bar. By <em>Rachel Barrett </em> </p><div><br /></div>
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Mediation: don’t panic in the pandemic, be prepared
<p>Might fear of the courts being overwhelmed by an anticipated flood of cases, after eventual emergence from lockdown, begin a trend amongst the judiciary to be more proactive in its encouragement of mediation? <em>C </em><em>olin Manning </em>investigates </p>
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The ethics of remote hearings in the criminal and family courts
<p>Reasons to pause and consider your ethical obligations. By <em>Christopher Convey </em>, <em>Martha Gray </em>and <em>Hari Kaur </em>of the Bar Council Ethics Committee </p>
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A new role for private prosecutions in the wake of Covid-19?
<em>K </em><em>evin Dent QC </em> and<em> Jeremy Asher </em>argue that private prosecutions could fill what will otherwise add up to a significant deficit in justice
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Habeas corpus, the TCI and Covid-19
<p>How are smaller jurisdictions coping with the challenges thrown up by the coronavirus? <em>T </em><em>im Prudhoe </em>describes how a chance jailhouse referral in the Turks and Caicos Islands led to a ‘remote’ pro bono defence of Sri Lankan detainees caught in the chaos </p><div><br /></div>
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The lockdown law
<p>Eight ways to reinforce and revise the coronavirus restrictions regulations. By <em>Tom Hickman QC </em> </p>
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OPINION Juries in isolation
<p>However temporary the new measures are intended to be, there is always a risk that they could become permanent - <em>Sailesh Mehta </em>and <em>Mahesh Karu </em> on the resumption of jury trials, but not as we know them<em> </em> </p>
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20 texts for lawyers to read/watch/listen to in lockdown
<p><em>David Langwallner </em>tends to your literary health: a personal prescription, with some aphoristic and aesthetic comment </p>
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Pupillage: a view during Covid-19
It's been a wildly different transition to second six than anticipated:<em> </em><em>Lachlan Stewart </em>explains what it's like to be a pupil 'on their feet' during the pandemic
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A patent problem in the global antiviral race?
<p>Foreign patents could prevent UK citizens accessing treatment for COVID-19, warns <em>Professor Mark Engelman </em> </p>
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