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SECURITY BLANKET

10 January 2008
Issue: 7304 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Procedure & practice , Profession
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Legal Services

After being criticised for lax security, the Legal Services Commission (LSC) has set up a file transfer system to ensure submissions from legal aid firms can be transmitted “securely” (see NLJ, 11 January 2008, p 42). Providers who are concerned about sending spreadsheets or case management system files via e-mail, now have the option of submitting files through this secure upload service. Guidance for sending submissions in this way is available at: www.legalservices.gov.uk/lsconline.asp. E-mail and paper submissions are still being accepted. Submission deadlines for February are: 10 February for paper submissions and 20 February for electronic submissions.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Employment boutique strengthens litigation bench with partner hire

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Partner appointed to dispute resolution team

Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard

Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard

Employment law offering in Guernsey expands with new hire

NEWS
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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