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27 February 2013
Issue: 7550 / Categories: Legal News
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Workplace giving

Helena Kennedy QC calls on law firms to support tax reclaiming schemes

Helena Kennedy QC has called on law firms to support Workplace Giving schemes, which allow charities to reclaim the 40% or 50% tax from higher rate tax-paying donors. Kennedy hopes to see law firms achieve a 10% uptake of the scheme among staff by May. More information is available at www.gearedforgiving.com.

Issue: 7550 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Caroline Barker & Tom Walker

Browne Jacobson—Caroline Barker & Tom Walker

Browne Jacobson recruits regulatory experts Caroline Barker and Tom Walker to bolster health, government and corporates practices

Jackson Lees Group—Paul Harrison, Helen Innes & Sorcha McMullan

Jackson Lees Group—Paul Harrison, Helen Innes & Sorcha McMullan

Partner and paralegals bolster clinical negligence team at Jackson Lees Group

Stone King—Manchester

Stone King—Manchester

Stone King triples Manchester footprint with office move as law firm’s rapid growth journey continues

NEWS
Lawyers have welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s reverse-ferret on jury reforms, but expressed ‘serious concerns’ about the decision to exclude fraud trials
From ‘rats in the robing room’ to ‘overworked’ judges and a shortage of court staff, barristers have aired their concerns about the state of the justice system
The use of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) poses ‘significant risks’ across the justice system, public services and government, and current regulation is ‘poorly suited’ to control it, experts have warned
The solicitors’ regulator has paused controversial plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
The government has launched a £16m legal support grant to support 48 frontline legal advice organisations supporting people facing eviction, problem debt, benefit disputes and family breakdown
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