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LexisNexis Awards 2025: entries open

02 October 2024
Issue: 8088 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Entries are now open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025, and there are an extra four categories up for grabs

The annual event, a staple of the legal calendar, celebrates innovation, contribution and leadership in categories such as Dispute Resolution Team of the Year, Employment Team of the Year, Business Development Award, Case of the Year and Knowledge Management Award.

And, for the very first time, next year’s awards will also include prizes for Trainee Scheme of the Year, Costs Law Team of the Year, University Commercial Impact Award (for courses that excel at equipping students in commercial awareness and business nous), and University Pro Bono Award.

Whichever category interests you, enter now for a chance to see your nominees scoop one of the 24 awards on offer.

Issue: 8088 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Excello Law—five appointments

Excello Law—five appointments

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Irwin Mitchell—Grace Morahan

Irwin Mitchell—Grace Morahan

International divorce team welcomes new hire

Switalskis—14 trainee solicitors

Switalskis—14 trainee solicitors

Firm welcomes largest training cohort in its history

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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