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Practitioners have welcomed two autumn budget reforms relating to inheritance tax on pensions

Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice

Connor Beaton traces pro bono’s long history & explores the initiatives turning tradition into action

Carrot, lemon drizzle, Madeira, strawberry buttercream, pecan pie... tastebuds are tingling across the legal profession in the run-up to the Great Legal Bake, with kitchen timers primed for the week of 2–6 November (also Pro Bono Week)

CILEX has urged the government to maintain the Access to Justice Foundation’s (AJF’s) status as the only charity entitled to undistributed damages and settlements from opt-out collective actions

LawWorks, which connects people who can’t afford legal advice with pro bono support, and LawCare, which helps legal professionals with stress, addiction and mental health issues, are both to receive a further three years of Law Society funding

NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue

Six months of jeopardy for bosses; Property tribunals need you!; Unreasonable behaviour knock; Reserve fund victory.

Harmony Christian Ministries is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative

Lawyers’ charity LawCare has had its database hacked, with copies of backups made and likely downloaded by cyber-criminals

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work

NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: Costs without limits?

An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?

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Charities

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions