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Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7955

05 November 2021
IN THIS ISSUE
How do you boil a complex legal case down to a mathematical percentage? It’s not an easy process, as Philip Young, partner, Cooke Young & Keidan, explains in this week’s NLJ
Kennedys’ virtual work experience programme has had 10,000 enrolments in just over one year
Love a quiz? Most people do, which is what makes the annual Great Legal Quiz such a hit

Lawyers are urged to polish up their entries for ‘The Probies’, ahead of the 26 November deadline

Leasehold practitioners have reported low interest in commonhold since the government proposed reforms in January
Lawyers have stepped up their action on climate change, as global attention focuses on COP26
Family lawyers have expressed concerns over ‘revolutionary’ proposals by the president of the Family Division for greater transparency
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) launched its latest digital upgrade, ICLR.4, this week
Bar Council Chair Derek Sweeting QC hailed the £2.2bn extra for the courts, prison and probation services in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget last week ‘a step in the right direction’, but warned there would still be a shortfall of funding
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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