THIS ISSUE
"No political will or money” for independent accrediting body
Proposals for the SRA’s compensation fund to meet uninsured firms’ negligence claims seem oddly familiar, says Philip McCormack
The Bear Scotland decision could have been worse for employers, says Jessica Corsi
When & how should the Ogden reduction factor be discounted, asks David Regan
What’s the point of the Human Rights Act? Michael Zander on an important lecture by Dinah Rose QC
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
Carey Olsen—five promotions
Carey Olsen promotes five lawyers to the partnership
NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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