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23 April 2009
Issue: 7366 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services
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Finding the right lawyer matters

News in brief

LexisNexis has launched Version 3 of LawyerLocator, a marketing and information base for lawyers and clients, at www.lawyerlocator.co.uk. Search facilities have been modified on the site to help potential clients find the right law firm quickly, and LawyerLocator now hosts a series of articles to help businesses and individuals understand basic legal issues. There are also online forums, where customers can discuss issues with their peers and legal professionals. Tim McGarr, LawyerLocator project manager, says: “Informed customers are great news for law firms as it means they know what they want and they are going to the right firm.”

Issue: 7366 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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