Calling all lawyers! The LexisNexis Legal Awards (formerly known as the Halsbury Legal Awards) are now open for entries. The awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation across the legal sector, will be presented at a ceremony on 13 March 2019. There are 15 categories, including: law firm of the year; chambers of the year; pro bono; in-house team of the year; business development; legal services innovation; PSL/ Knowledge award; wellbeing; and diversity and inclusion. The panel of prestigious judges includes Andrew Walker QC, chair of the Bar, and Christina Blacklaws, president of the Law Society. Entries close on 16 November. For more information please visit www.lexisnexislegalawards.co.uk.
12 September 2018
LexisNexis Legal Awards
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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 boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
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
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
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