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LexisNexis Legal Awards

18 September 2019
Issue: 7856 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2020 have opened for entries

The categories include diversity and inclusion, wellbeing, pro bono, business development, legal services innovation and law firm of the year. For the 2020 awards, four new categories are being introduced―case of the year, deal of the year, sustainability and international team of the year. Judges include the Law Society President, Simon Davis, Chair of the Bar, Richard Atkins QC, and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. 

The closing date for entries is 15 November 2019; further information can be found via this link.

Issue: 7856 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Private client team strengthened by partner appointment

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession

NEWS
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
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo unintentionally unsettle future complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores the question in NLJ this week
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