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15 December 2023
Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: Events without equal as 2023 ends

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A flurry of legal developments has struck at the very end of 2023, expertly dissected this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan, of City Law School, aka The Insider

From the guideline hourly rates—how do they match up to fees in real life? Prof Regan provides examples—to the two seminal judgments of Churchill (whether courts can order ADR) and TUI v Griffiths (admissibility of evidence not challenged on cross-examination), The Insider provides insight in inimical style.

Prof Regan has also been doing some digging into the intermediate track, courtesy of a tip-off from an astute silk. He writes: ‘There is something insane in the intermediate track fixed recoverable costs regime…’ 

Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

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—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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