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01 November 2017
Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Quiz & bake

Legal professionals will be brushing up on their trivia this week in time for next Wednesday’s Great Legal Quiz, on 8 November. More than 65 teams have already signed up. The quiz supports National Pro Bono Week. Questions are provided by TV’s 15-1, the Million Pound Drop and £100K Drop quizmaster, and are based on general rather than legal knowledge. Sign up, find a venue and charge an entry fee. The London Legal Support Trust (LLST) will provide the question and answer sheets.

Meanwhile, the Great British Bake Office may be over but the Great Legal Bake has yet to start. The annual dough-fest runs from 12-16 February 2018, and the icing on the cake is that all money raised goes to charity. Last year, an impressive 250 bakes took place, raising £33,000 for the LLST, which helps law centres, not-for-profit ventures and other organisations that provide free legal advice. Taking part is easy. All you need to do is register, find some enthusiastic bakers and sell your cakes to colleagues. Rolling pins at the ready!

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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