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02 July 2009
Issue: 7376 / Categories: Legal News , Banking
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Legal action on RBS bailout

News In Brief

A judicial review is to be launched against the government to ensure taxpayers’ money used to bail out RBS is used only in projects that meet minimum green and human rights standards. Environmental groups, the World Development Movement, Platform and People & Planet, which are launching the action, claim RBS has failed to commit to basic low-carbon principles, and the Treasury, in bailing out the bank, has breached its own policy to tackle climate change.

Issue: 7376 / Categories: Legal News , Banking
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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
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
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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