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Kerry Underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood) 

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood) 

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Kerry Underwood recommends some summer reading & top tips for the new Lord Chancellor

A play by Kerry Underwood

Costs orders: who pays & when, asks Kerry Underwood

    Kerry Underwood examines qualified one-way costs shifting

    Kerry Underwood assesses guideline hourly rates

    Kerry Underwood discusses proportionality in costs

    Kerry Underwood concludes his 60th birthday tour with a master class on small claims, portals & Pt 36

    Why is everyone ignoring the obvious when it comes to ABSs? Kerry Underwood can’t hide his disbelief

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    NLJ Career Profile: Nick McDonnell, Kain Knight

    NLJ Career Profile: Nick McDonnell, Kain Knight

    Nick McDonnell of Kain Knight reflects on an unexpected legal career, his drive to support vulnerable clients and the surprising pleasures of watching nothing happen

    Mayo Wynne Baxter—Angela Arnold

    Mayo Wynne Baxter—Angela Arnold

    Mayo Wynne Baxter strengthens property team with new partner appointment

    WilmerHale—Jeremy Kosky & Charlie Lightfoot

    WilmerHale—Jeremy Kosky & Charlie Lightfoot

    WilmerHale expands London disputes capabilities with addition of two leading partners

    NEWS
    Lawyers have welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s reverse-ferret on jury reforms, but expressed ‘serious concerns’ about the decision to exclude fraud trials
    From ‘rats in the robing room’ to ‘overworked’ judges and a shortage of court staff, barristers have aired their concerns about the state of the justice system
    The use of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) poses ‘significant risks’ across the justice system, public services and government, and current regulation is ‘poorly suited’ to control it, experts have warned
    The solicitors’ regulator has paused controversial plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
    The government has launched a £16m legal support grant to support 48 frontline legal advice organisations supporting people facing eviction, problem debt, benefit disputes and family breakdown
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