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26 January 2012
Issue: 7498 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Summer internship at LexisNexis

The winner of this year’s Andrew Lees Prize Article Competition will win a one-month paid summer internship at LexisNexis...

The winner of this year’s Andrew Lees Prize Article Competition will win a one-month paid summer internship at LexisNexis, with the LexisPSL environment team as well as a place at the UK Environmental Law Association Conference this year.  

The competition is open to any student, trainee, solicitor, pupil or solicitor/barrister with not more than two years’ post qualification experience. This year’s topic is: “Is sustainable development a key feature of UK environmental law?”

To enter, please go to: www.ukela.org/rte.asp?id=20

Issue: 7498 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

From childhood dreams of the Bar to some of the country's most challenging cases, Maryam Syed KC explains why she has never stopped standing up for others

DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser

NEWS
As family justice moves further away from the courtroom, collaborative law is emerging as an increasingly important route to resolving separation disputes
A busy period for employment law is producing important lessons for employers, employees and tribunals alike
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

How forcefully can a litigant criticise a public authority before robust advocacy crosses the line into unreasonable conduct? 
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