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17 April 2008
Issue: 7317 / Categories: Legal News , Training & education
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Training Pilot

News In Brief

Law firms and trainees are being invited to take part in a two-year pilot of a new framework for work-based learning to be launched by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The SRA is seeking volunteers by 6 May to participate. This would involve sending trainees through the new system of in-house assessment. The firms would be asked to report on their systems of training and trainee assessment, and the SRA would quality-assure those systems. Individual trainees who apply would need to demonstrate they have the support of their employer.

Issue: 7317 / Categories: Legal News , Training & education
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace

Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team

Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall

Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall

Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role

Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei

Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei

Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert

NEWS
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
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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