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22 July 2022
Issue: 7988 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: Toxic cultures within law firms

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Is your workplace toxic?

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Andrew Pavlovic, partner at CM Murray, looks into the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) review on workplace environments, focusing on firm culture and regulatory misconduct.

Pavlovic investigates what the review means for firms and highlights issues raised, including sections on unreasonable workloads and working hours as well as the introduction of a ‘bystander obligation’ where individuals are required to challenge unwanted behaviour where they are not the object of it. He writes: ‘There remains a risk that junior solicitors witnessing unwanted behaviour may now face the additional worry of potential regulatory action for a failure to challenge the behaviour of others.’

Issue: 7988 / 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
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
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
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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