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02 April 2025
Issue: 8111 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus , Training & education
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Entries open for seventh annual National Paralegal Awards

Entries are now open for the National Paralegal Awards, hosted by CILEX, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. 

The 18 categories include awards for best paralegal, paralegal business, public sector paralegal, in-house paralegal and legal aid paralegal. Send in your nominations by 15 June. The ceremony takes place at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham on 18 September.

Rita Leat, former chief executive of the Institute of Paralegals, said the awards, now in their seventh year, have grown, ‘with competition becoming stronger as more talented professionals step forward to showcase their achievements.’

See here for more information.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

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Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
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Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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