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Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepens

Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepens
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Nathalie Tidman
16 March 2020
Magic CircleCoronavirus

Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have asked City staff to work from home in a bid to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.

The moves come as the UK’s infection rate today [16 March] rose to 1,395 cases, 35 of which have proved fatal.

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