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18 September 2019
Issue: 7856 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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LexisNexis Legal Awards

The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2020 have opened for entries

The categories include diversity and inclusion, wellbeing, pro bono, business development, legal services innovation and law firm of the year. For the 2020 awards, four new categories are being introduced―case of the year, deal of the year, sustainability and international team of the year. Judges include the Law Society President, Simon Davis, Chair of the Bar, Richard Atkins QC, and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. 

The closing date for entries is 15 November 2019; further information can be found via this link.

Issue: 7856 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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