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

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

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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