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29 October 2015
Issue: 7674 / Categories: Legal News
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Bar Council election 2016

The results of the 2016 Bar Council elections have been announced. 22 October 2015. The following people have been elected: Robin Allen QC, Derek Sweeting QC and Nick Vineall QC (self-employed QCs); Gemma de Cordova, Tim Devlin, Shobana Iyer, James Keeley, Eleanor Mawrey, Jacqueline Wall and Victoria Caroline Yates (self-employed juniors, over seven years’ call); Tom Cockroft, Richard Hoyle, Athena Markides and Francesca O’Neill (self-employed, less than seven years’ call); and Steven Bramley, Richard Posner, Angharad Mary Price and Grant Warnsby (employed, over seven years’ call). No applicants were received in the employed juniors under seven years’ call category.

Issue: 7674 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

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—Lee Edwards

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

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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