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Lawyers have urged Alex Chalk to prioritise action to tackle the ailing justice system in his new role as Lord Chancellor.

Law firms should be alert to ‘greenwashing’ risks, and should not describe themselves as ‘sustainable’ unless partners are confident this claim can stand up to external scrutiny.

Law firms have been required by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to take part in a sanctions assessment.

The Solicitors’ Charity supported 50% more solicitors in the past year, according to its annual ‘Big Report’.

Private client lawyer joins firm in Chester

Burges Salmon grows corporate tax team with director appointment

Four partner promotions in real estate, private client and ecclesiastical law

The Law Society has commented that it believes that the new justice secretary, Alex Chalk, will have ‘their work cut out to tackle the problems plaguing the crumbling courts system’, as he will have to ‘tackle the problems plaguing the crumbling courts system’.

Private wealth law firm promotes real estate lawyer to partner

Weightmans promotes 11 to partner in latest round of promotions

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Employment boutique strengthens litigation bench with partner hire

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Partner appointed to dispute resolution team

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CPS trainee scheme & pupillage opens

Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

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: 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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Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

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