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Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7960

10 December 2021

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In the first of a two-part series, family lawyers Kim Beatson and Victoria Brown, of Anthony Gold, provide a cut out and keep guide to fact finding hearings in private children hearings

The annual eye-watering legal bill faced by the NHS never fails to shock

"[A] practical guide that succinctly & comprehensively captures the key points needed by busy practitioners"

"There is a wealth of information and education on offer. Litigators will join the medics and the researchers in lapping them up"

Survivors and children are being ‘let down and retraumatised’ by their experiences in the family courts, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs has said

A ‘substantial increase’ in complaints about barristers were made to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) last year

Lawyers have urged the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to give them more information and more time to consider an evaluation of immigration legal aid fees

Concerns about time estimates and urgency were raised at the latest Commercial Court user group meeting

The Justice Committee has issued a call for evidence on the criminal justice system’s approach to tackling fraud, which accounts for about half of all crimes

LGBT+ and disabled victims would be given the same protection as those targeted because of their race and religion, under a shake-up of hate crime legislation recommended by the Law Commission

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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

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

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

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete

NLJ this week: New law, old convictions

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

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

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Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7960

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions