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13 November 2008
Issue: 7345 / Categories: Legal News
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News in Brief

ID cards roll out

The national identity scheme is on schedule and on budget, says the home secretary. The roll out of the cards to foreign nationals living in the UK begins on November 25.

Issue: 7345 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Stone King—Laura McHugh

Stone King—Laura McHugh

Stone King strengthens Manchester presence with new partner hire

mfg Solicitors—four appointments

mfg Solicitors—four appointments

Sustained growth leads to rapid expansion of law firm’s corporate team

Bermans—James Thornton

Bermans—James Thornton

Bermans bolsters litigation team with senior hire

NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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