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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

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
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