THIS ISSUE
A LexisNexis employee has won $50,000 funding for his idea for a mobile property rights advice unit in South Africa
Insurance firm Keoghs will run one of the first graduate programmes for aspiring solicitors, in partnership with the University of Law.
Conveyancers and other property professionals are struggling due to increasing work volumes, research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on property professionals has found.
Lawyers have expressed cautious optimism on M&A and other deal activity in the year ahead.
Lawyers have criticised the Housing Secretary’s £3.5bn plan to tackle unsafe cladding and extra tax to fund help for unsafe tower blocks
Lawyers and regulators need to consult more with consumers about LawTech, the Association of Consumer Support Associations (ACSO) has urged
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr
Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London
NEWS
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire has won her bid to bring her financial relief claim in London, in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision
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