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Why LERNing matters. Patricia Leighton explains why it pays to invest in research into legal education

Are you prepared for increased anti-money laundering compliance scrutiny, asks Dr Tony Harvey

New Awards celebrate excellence in conveyancing

R (on the application of Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2014] EWCA Civ 1216, [2014] All ER (D) 85 (Sep)

Julie Brannan introduces the new plans for CPD

Can paralegals meet the market needs of the future, asks Stephen Gowland

Jane Ching reflects on two decades in legal education & looks to the future

How can students’ understanding of the importance of pro bono work & access to justice be improved, asks Oliver Low

Alison Wright highlights the importance of equipping today’s lawyers for tomorrow’s legal & insurance scene

Murray Heining provides an overview of the new qualification for costs lawyers

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London

DWF—Stephen Hickling

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Firm invests in national growth with 44 appointments across five offices

NEWS
Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’
Operational resilience is no longer optional. Writing in NLJ this week, Emma Radmore and Michael Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson explain how UK regulators expect firms to identify ‘important business services’ that could cause ‘intolerable levels of harm’ if disrupted
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
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