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Entries open for seventh annual National Paralegal Awards

02 April 2025
Issue: 8111 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus , Training & education
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Entries are now open for the National Paralegal Awards, hosted by CILEX, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. 

The 18 categories include awards for best paralegal, paralegal business, public sector paralegal, in-house paralegal and legal aid paralegal. Send in your nominations by 15 June. The ceremony takes place at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham on 18 September.

Rita Leat, former chief executive of the Institute of Paralegals, said the awards, now in their seventh year, have grown, ‘with competition becoming stronger as more talented professionals step forward to showcase their achievements.’

See here for more information.

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NEWS
Lawyers and users of the business and property courts are invited to share their views on disclosure, in particular the operation of PD 57AD and the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and artificial intelligence (AI)
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The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law
Caroline Shea KC and Richard Miller of Falcon Chambers examine the growing judicial focus on 'cynical breach' in restrictive covenant cases, in this week's issue of NLJ
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