Author Archive: franeccles-bech

LFT Briefing – PCUs Lateral Flow tests are still available daily at Manchester CJC for all users attending for business.  Please see the attached for full update.

The Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals have published a message about the new national COVID-19 restrictions for England (1 November 2020) and what this means for courts and tribunals. As an essential public service, the work of the courts and tribunals continues and there are currently no plans to change scheduled hearings. […]

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You may have seen in the press that the police are piloting a new FREE to use cyber tool called Police CyberAlarm. It acts as an alert system by monitoring the traffic seen by an organisation’s connection over the internet.  It will detect and provide regular reports of suspected malicious activity, enabling organisations to minimise their […]

We have received the following best practice hints and tips for your on-line security from our friends at ROCU. Please feel free to share them with your colleagues, families, friends and clients.  They are really helpful and you never know, may just save somebody from a cyber attack of some sort. Avoiding Track and Trace […]

Private Law Reforms During Covid 19 Pandemic – Greater Manchester Family Courts We have received details, from Her Honour Judge Singleton Designated Family Judge for Greater Manchester of the changes to the Private Law process to manage the worrying backlog of private law cases which has developed during the pandemic.   We need to work in […]

The theme for the ED&I Committee’s October article is INCLUSION and INTERSECTIONALITY.  October sees  • the tail end of National Inclusion Week • Black History Month • National Hate Crime Awareness Week • National Coming Out Day.  INCLUSION and INTERSECTIONALITY For those unfamiliar with the term, intersectionality is the interconnected nature of social categorisations such […]

Copies of the above documents will be sent out in all cases that may be listed for trial at Crown Square in the immediate future. Please see copies of both documents below.

As members will be aware the Employment Tribunals are now using the HMCTS bespoke cloud video platform (“CVP”) for video hearings, in preference to Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams. CVP is intended to be accessible for users and representatives through a browser without the need for special software.  There is also an app (Pexip […]

The directors of BSN have penned an open letter to the senior management of law firms, most notably the Top 25, to draw their attention to the on-going issues surrounding the inequalities within the profession.  Attached is the letter for reference. Within the letter, we set out a number key areas for change that include […]