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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published proposals to reform Supreme Court fees and raise an extra £170,000–£210,000 per year

The Crown Court backlog has hit a record high of more than 65,000 cases, the latest figures reveal

Elite family law firm Vardags has launched a family law essay competition for UK students

LexisNexis has launched Lexis Everyfile, a digital file system specifically designed for the legal services industry

Lucy Keane assesses the damage after Paccar Inc v CAT drove a juggernaut through the UK litigation funding industry

Colin Hulme, Head of IP at Burness Paull, considers the impact of ESG programmes on the observance of copyright by corporates

Michael Zander on why barristers have the legal right to ask to see the accounts

Bravery is the key to ensuring you don’t end up daubed in greenwash, says Andrew Magowan

Iain Miller & Charlotte Judd mull some tough ethical dilemmas

Fluent Japanese speaker, Yorkshire-born Nick Emmerson has been inaugurated as the Law Society’s 179th president

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)

NLJ this week: The legal aid pioneer who changed the profession

Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'

NLJ this week: When AI hallucinates, lawyers risk real-world sanctions

The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison