The Bar Council’s 2015 Legal Reporting Awards are now open to entries. The competition recognises the media’s role in civil society; helping the public to understand legal issues and holding authority to account. The deadline for applications is 10 September. The judges are looking for news articles, features or programmes for TV or radio that promote an understanding of the law in the public interest. The winners will be announced and presented with their prizes at the Annual Bar Conference on 17 October.
13 August 2015
Bar Council’s 2015 Legal Reporting Awards
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully
Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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