THIS ISSUE
The incoming Bar Chair has urged the government to ‘invest in a system that offers all Crown Court cases a trial date within six months of first appearance’
The Law Commission has recommended a unified tribunal system in Wales, in a report sent to the Senedd
Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre, Cardiff Lawyers Care Advice Clinic and Whitechapel Legal Advice Clinic were among the nine category winners at the Annual LawWorks Pro Bono Awards last week, sponsored by LexisNexis, the Law Society and Salesforce
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
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
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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