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18 July 2019
Categories: Legal News , Community care , Legal aid focus
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Community care: staying up-to-date

The seventh edition of Community Care and the Law has been published by Legal Action Group. 

Its author, Luke Clements, is the Cerebra Professor of Law at Leeds University, and a solicitor with Scott-Moncrieff & Associates. The book provides comprehensive coverage of local authority duties and powers, including assessments, ordinary residence, care and support services, housing, safeguarding and asylum seeker rights. It also includes a remedies chapter featuring a step-by-step guide to complaints and judicial review procedures, and has been fully updated to cover new NHS guidance and General Data Protection Regulation considerations.

The print and e-book editions can both be purchased here

MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Deborah Bufton

mfg Solicitors—Deborah Bufton

Law firm boosts residential property team with new associate appointment

Flint Bishop—Russell Bainbridge

Flint Bishop—Russell Bainbridge

Flint Bishop lands corporate partner from Knights amid Sheffield growth drive

Bird & Bird—Huw Edwards

Bird & Bird—Huw Edwards

Bird Bird appoints expert tech patent litigator as new partner in London

NEWS
The Law Society RFC Festival of Sport returns next month, bringing together legal and financial services professionals for one of the sector’s largest annual sporting events
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

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