Legal Profession
Practice Direction (Court Dress) (No 4) [2007] All ER (D) 390 (Dec)
Solicitors and other advocates with rights of audience have the option to wear wigs in circumstances where they would be worn by members of the Bar.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards
Employment boutique strengthens litigation bench with partner hire
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Fladgate—Milan Kapadia
Partner appointed to dispute resolution team
Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard
Employment law offering in Guernsey expands with new hire
NEWS
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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