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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

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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 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
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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