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Legal Personality Award: the famous five

24 January 2019
Issue: 7825 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Five candidates are on this year’s shortlist for the LexisNexis Legal Personality of the Year award: Harriet Wistrich, Birnberg Peirce solicitor and founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice; Deighton Pierce Glynn partner Louise Whitfield; Michael Mylonas QC, head of the Court of Protection team at Serjeants’ Inn; Jacqueline McGuigan, of TMP Solicitors; and finally, former Reprieve lawyer Cori Crider. The winner will be decided by an online poll of NLJ readers. For a full overview of their achievements and to cast your vote, please visit this link before 18 February.

Issue: 7825 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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