THIS ISSUE
With more than £4m of client money falling prey to cyberattacks in 2020, can law firms afford not to take all steps necessary to protect themselves?
We should take a ‘softly, softly’ approach to the post-Brexit world, David Greene, senior partner at Edwin Coe, advises in his NLJ column this week.
The government proclaimed savings for the British motorist when it announced its decision to ‘bin the EU’s Vnuk motor insurance law.
Stop deporting homeless people and rethink your immigration rules, two lawyers have urged the Home Office.
Jon Robins reports on Oliver Campbell’s campaign to clear his name
George Sim examines the importance of financial information in claims and disputes
Do not be afraid to take a pragmatic, proportionate approach to injunction applications, says David Gray-Jones
Valya Georgieva & Jeremy Clarke-Williams consider the landmark Court of Appeal decision on lis pendens under the Lugano Convention in a Bitcoin libel dispute
Can a failure to secure prompt payment of employees’ bonuses be a breach of the implied term of trust & confidence, asks John McMullen
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
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