Route1, a mobile app for recruiting lawyers, has paired with charity to raise funds through referral fees. The app, which launched last spring, will donate £1,000 to a combination of the British Red Cross, War Child UK and Samaritan’s Purse charities instead of a referral fee for every new user that finds a job. Founder and CEO, Henry Allan said: “The aim here is to use technology to match talent and opportunity more efficiently than recruiters or job boards, and to pass on some of the cost savings to the less fortunate among us. We hope this initiative incentivises our users to let their friends and colleagues know about our new, efficient, way to find legal jobs, for the right reasons—raising money for causes that mean a lot to us and to them.” The initiative will run until 31 March.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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DWF—Stephen Webb
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NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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