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02 February 2021
Categories: Legal News , Profession , Training & education , Legal aid focus
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Join the JUSTICE Student Conference 2021

This year, the JUSTICE Student Conference is scheduled to take place over Zoom.

Between 5pm and 7pm on 17 and 18 March, participants will have the opportunity to attend two workshops on JUSTICE’s current projects, and hear a talk from Baroness Chakrabarti on the role of Parliament in law-making. The workshops on offer will focus on improving access to justice for separating families; the impact of privatisation and automation on access to justice; and tackling racial injustice in youth justice system. Conference delegates will have the chance to discuss and debate current legal issues, as well as meet the JUSTICE team.  

Tickets are free for JUSTICE members, and £5 for non-members. Further information, including how to book, is available here

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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