If you have stayed with us until issue seven then thank you and welcome! You may notice we have reduced our bulletin to once per fortnight as we all settle into our new way of working.

Jaime Hamilton QC gives his views to The Solicitors Journal on the disproportionate allocation of high profile cases amongst male and female lawyers.

On 9 June 2020 William Hamilton was instructed to attend one of the first personal injury trials to take place in person at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre following the easing of the lockdown...

Congratulations to Kirsty McKinlay for being appointed as a Deputy District Judge, and to Rachael Levene for being appointed a First Tier Tribunal Judge in the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.

Issue 6 already?! Just as we start to get used to the new ways of working, the team find themselves focused on the tentative steps that the criminal justice system is taking towards re-opening its doors and resuming in-court work.

Nigel Booth and Hayley Bennett have provided a useful document for consideration when using the new CVP application.

David Bruce looks at the impact of COVID-19 in relation to Custody Time Limits.

9 St John Street are delighted to announce that Catherine Cundy has been appointed as a Fee Paid Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) and will sit in the Mental Health Tribunal.

Welcome to the fifth in our series of weekly bulletins. We are all doing our best to find new ways of working effectively in these strange times.

Matthew Snarr considers the implications of Covid-19 for the assessment of damages in personal injury litigation in a new article ‘Stargazing Covid-19’.