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24 January 2022
Issue: 7964 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Legal Personality of the Year: LexisNexis Legal Awards 2022

It's time to cast your vote for Legal Personality of the Year!

The award honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the legal sphere in the past year. The winner will be announced at the LexisNexis Legal Awards on 30 March.

They include an author, campaigner and legal adviser to the Windrush Reach project; a High Court judge; a solicitor who helped clear names in England’s largest miscarriage of justice; a devoted champion of fair access to the legal profession; an employment lawyer who helped Uber drivers; and a specialist in cases involving violence against women.

Find out who the nominees are, read their brief profiles and cast your vote―by 5pm on 4 March at the latest―here.

Issue: 7964 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott

Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott

Law firm strengthens real estate team with two new partners

DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook

DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook

DR Solicitors strengthens primary care expertise with appointment of legal director

Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney

Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints David Varney to strengthen digital practice

NEWS
A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held
Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and five others have lost their case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB)
Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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