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26 June 2008
Issue: 7327 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession
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Good work

In brief

Nominations for the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) 10th annual Pro Bono Awards have been opened. Previously known as the Young Solicitors Group Awards, the awards recognise the work of students, trainees and junior solicitors in providing free legal services to help disadvantaged people. Discretionary cash prizes of up to £1,000 are available to support the pro bono projects of the winners. Go to www.lawsociety. org.uk/juniorlawyers.

Issue: 7327 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession
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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
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
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
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