THIS ISSUE
Lawyers recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list include Suffolk Law Centre founder Audrey Ludwig, and Reed Smith partner and former chair of the Black Solicitors’ Network Paulette Mastin
City law firms are rallying behind the One Billable Hour campaign, launched by social mobility champions Be the Ladder and law firm Moore Barlow
The Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP), which advises the Legal Services Board on regulation, has reiterated its call for lawyers to be made to publish data on all complaints they receive
The Law Society and Bar Council have welcomed extra funding for the justice system including the courts in Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s spending review
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
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 dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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
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