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2020 charity: not everyone enjoys Christmas

10 December 2019
Issue: 7868 / Categories: Legal News
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For anyone affected by debt, poverty or homelessness, it can be a difficult time of year.

However, legal advice can sometimes resolve these issues. The London Legal Support Trust (LLST) is therefore asking legal professionals to give their time to help fundraise for access to justice agencies. Join 70 teams who have signed up for the Great Legal Bake on 10-14 February 2020 (or if those dates don’t suit, choose a different week) via the LLST website, or look ahead to the annual London Legal Walk on 8 June. 

Issue: 7868 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year
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