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LawWorks 2021

15 December 2021
Issue: 7961 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre, Cardiff Lawyers Care Advice Clinic and Whitechapel Legal Advice Clinic were among the nine category winners at the Annual LawWorks Pro Bono Awards last week, sponsored by LexisNexis, the Law Society and Salesforce

Bates Wells, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper and Deighton Peirce Glynn were among firms recognised. The junior lawyers award went to Lucy Clifford, Travers Smith, while Louise McCarthy, Sidley Austin won best contribution by an individual. LawWorks chair of trustees, Alasdair Douglas said the winners and finalists ‘all deserve recognition and celebration of their work and the difference they make in enabling access to justice, especially over what was another challenging year’.

Issue: 7961 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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