Nominations are now being accepted for appointment as Queen’s Counsel (QC) honoris causa (honorary silk) in spring 2016. Lawyers and members of the public are invited to send their nominations to the Ministry of Justice, which will make recommendations to Her Majesty. Please send the person’s name, contact details and legal qualifications, along with your reasons for believing they have made a major contribution to the law of England and Wales outside of practice in the courts, giving as much detail as possible, to martin.marston-paterson@justice.gsi.gov.uk by 18 September..
25 June 2015
Honoris Causa
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Fieldfisher—Will Sharp
Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp
gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke
gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires
Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones
Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments
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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