Features

The potential for a second wave of COVID-19 cases is very real, as is the need for clarity as to how the NHS should respond if demand for limited resources exceeds supply. By Alice Irving  

After 60 days of ‘lockdown’, is it now safe to hold face-to-face hearings at court? Glenn Parsons  tests out Leeds Crown Court  

As the nation embraces life online as never before, Oliver Sanders QC  talks to Professor Green about her journey from coder to Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, her ambitious programme of reform, and the implications of emerging tech on both law and society

Remote advocacy comes of age 

And what adjustments should we retain? Notes on the crisis, gender and the Bar. By Rachel Barrett  

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? Colin Manning investigates 

By Jonathan Bate  

William Collins (April 2020), ISBN 978-0008167424, Hardcover (608 pages) 

Reviewed by Russell Harris QC  

By Hashi Mohamed 

Profile Books (January 2020), ISBN 978-1788161121, Hardcover (320 pages) 

Reviewed by  Malvika Jaganmohan 
 

Reasons to pause and consider your ethical obligations. By Christopher Convey , Martha Gray  and Hari Kaur  of the Bar Council Ethics Committee  

K evin Dent QC  and Jeremy Asher  argue that private prosecutions could fill what will otherwise add up to a significant deficit in justice