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17 September 2021
Issue: 7948 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Regulatory
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NLJ this week: Solicitors’ undertakings, trust & promises

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Can you trust a solicitor to keep his promise? This is not the start of a dodgy anti-lawyer joke or complaint, but a serious report on a wake-up call sounded by the Supreme Court in a recent case

Solicitor John Gould, senior partner of Russell-Cooke, explores the decision, which concerns solicitors’ undertakings and involved a corporate law firm.

As Gould writes, ‘millions of undertakings are given and performed each year’. He looks into the significance of the case, and at what counts as an ‘undertaking’ (a particularly important concept in property transactions). 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces five promotions at Birmingham office

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS
Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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