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Dr Mike Wilkinson

Barrister

Dr Mike Wilkinson is a business & property law barrister practising at 18 St John Street in Manchester, & author of The Limits of Separate Legal Personality: When Those Running a Company Can Be Held Personally Liable for Losses Caused to Third Parties Outside of the Company, Law Brief Publishing (2022). NLJ readers qualify for a £25 discount which is available (until the end of 2022) using the code 82E43C7 at bit.ly/3C9Pdgr.

Barrister

Dr Mike Wilkinson is a business & property law barrister practising at 18 St John Street in Manchester, & author of The Limits of Separate Legal Personality: When Those Running a Company Can Be Held Personally Liable for Losses Caused to Third Parties Outside of the Company, Law Brief Publishing (2022). NLJ readers qualify for a £25 discount which is available (until the end of 2022) using the code 82E43C7 at bit.ly/3C9Pdgr.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
Is litigation in its current form consistent with the UK’s carbon reduction commitments? Dr Mike Wilkinson & Eimear McCann make the case for rule reform
Dr Mike Wilkinson warns of the seriousness of suppressing documents and other evidence
Corporate agents beware: Dr Mike Wilkinson dissects the mistaken belief that individuals running a company are shielded from personal liability for company wrongdoing
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Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

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NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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