Here we have a round up of recent articles and posts about Covid, law and lawyers.
CORONAVIRUS LAW
- Gov.uk – Coronavirus Act report: November 2020
- Litigation Futures – Master orders deletion of screen shot from remote hearing
- The Guardian – English Covid rules have changed 64 times since March, says barrister
- BBC – Covid: What are the UK’s lockdown rules and when will they end?
- House of Commons Library – Coronavirus: the lockdown laws
COURTS & CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Herbert Smith Freehills – LORD CHIEF JUSTICE’S REPORT 2020: COURTS IN STRONG POSITION DESPITE PANDEMIC
- RPC – To MAE or not to MAE? Commercial Court hands down preliminary issues judgment in first Covid-19 Material Adverse Effect case
- DAC Beachcroft – COVID-19: Litigation in the Time of a Pandemic LATEST UPDATES
- Stewarts – A GC’s Guide to ‘Virtual’ arbitration and the issues to think about
- Stewarts – Covid-19 and the practical implications on civil litigation: where are we now and what can we expect in the future?
- ACL – Third of Costs Lawyers “busier than ever” despite Covid-19
- Litigation Futures – Third of costs lawyers “busier than ever” despite Covid-19
- Stewarts – Virtual hearings and trials: Where we are, how we got here and where we’re going
- Stewarts – Keeping justice going: the UK Commercial Court’s swift move to virtual trials
- Civil Litigation Brief – IMPORTANT COVID UPDATES FROM HMCTS: USEFUL LINKS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
- Civil Litigation Brief – COVID DOESN’T STOP THE COURTS GOING ON: BUT GREAT CARE IS NEEDED
PROPERTY
- Urbanist Architecture – Planning Applications and COVID-19: Coronavirus Impact on Planning Services [November Update]
- Shelter England – Covid-19: Protection for tenants
- UK Parliament – Coronavirus: Support for landlords and tenants
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government – Guidance for landlords and tenants
- DAC Beachcroft – COVID 19 – Code of Conduct between Landlords and Tenants for Commercial Rents
- Civil Litigation Brief – INJUNCTION AND POSSESSION AGAINST TRESPASER SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF COVID
EMPLOYMENT
- People Management – Coronavirus: what does HR need to know?
- Hugh James – Employment law updates: important changes for employers
- Burges Salmon – COVID-19: a guide for employers
- Fieldfisher – Coronavirus employment law update
- Stewarts – ‘Us’ and ‘them’ – the unmentioned side effects of Covid-19 on the workplace
- DAC Beachcroft – Furlough Developments
- DAC Beachcroft – Remote Working – Time to get your house in order
INSOLVENCY
- Lexology – Impact of COVID-19 on Insolvency Laws: How Countries Are Revamping Their Insolvency and Restructuring Laws to Combat COVID-19- 20 November 2020
- RSM – Going concern and changes to insolvency laws
- DLA Piper – An international guide to changes in insolvency law in response to COVID-19
NEGLIGENCE
- Kingsley Napley – Firms brace for negligence impact
INSURANCE
- Stewarts – How are insurance policies affected by Covid-19?
- Stewarts – Supreme Court backs policyholders in business interruption insurance test case
- Herbert Smith Freehills – SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN JUDGMENT IN FCA’S COVID-19 BUSINESS INTERRUPTION TEST CASE
- Financial Times – Lawyers’ insurance rates double amid rising claims
HEALTH
- DAC Beachcroft – Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
- DAC Beachcroft – Getting It Right First Time (“GIRFT”) publishes clinical practice guide for improving the management of adult COVID-19 patients in secondary care
- DAC Beachcroft – Remote Mental Health Act Assessments to Stop with Immediate Effect
- DAC Beachcroft – A short guide to the key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector
- DAC Beachcroft – Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
- DAC Beachcroft – Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Key Issues for MH providers
FAMILY
- Stewarts – A Covid Christmas – What does the lockdown mean for separated parents making childcare arrangements for Christmas?
- The Family Law Co – Covid-19 and Christmas Contact
- Stewarts – A guide to international co-parenting during the pandemic
- Family Law Lexis Nexis – Coronavirus: Separated Families and Contact with Children in Care FAQs (UK)
- Silk Family Law – Advice for separated parents on managing shared childcare during Coronavirus
CORONAVIRUS: GUIDANCE FOR LAWYERS AND BUSINESSES 