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The cyber and data security risks facing law firms: How firms can protect themselves and how to manage a security/data breach

Tom Pelham, Global Head of Cyber and Data, Arran Roberts, Partner, and Alexandra O'Hare, Senior Associate, at Kennedys, provide valuable insight into the cyber and data security risks facing law firms, which includes details of the targeted campaigns that are being directed at conveyancing firms

SJ Interview: Simon Hammond

Following the launch of the new Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement for 2024 by NHS Resolution, Solicitors Journal spoke to the Director of Claims Management at NHS Resolution, Simon Hammond

The potential for pro bono to build a case for a better funded legal aid system

Following her appointment as Head of Pro Bono and Counsel at Farrer & Co, Rhian Lewis shares her experience of becoming a pro bono solicitor, her approach to spearheading the pro bono practice at her new firm and explains the value of firms offering pro bono services not only in terms of access to justice, but also in regard to employee retention and the rise of responsible business

Complex family law case shows the difficulties for litigants in person

Marilyn Bell, Head of the Family Law team at SA Law, explains how the High Court judgment in the case of AA and ZZ shows the difficulties in the family courts when litigants are unrepresented

Unlawful act manslaughter - intrinsically and objectively uncertain?

Simon Parsons, Solicitor and Teaching Fellow in Law at Bath Spa University, discusses in detail the law of manslaughter, particularly the legal tests to ascertain whether someone has committed gross negligence manslaughter or unlawful act manslaughter, and how such definitions have evolved through case law

The employment law related legal changes that could be coming under the new Labour government

Employment law expert, Liam Entwistle from Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie, takes a look at the employment law changes on the horizon in light of Labour’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ and the proposals outlined in the King’s Speech

Fraud and asset recovery: “Catch me if you can”

Natalie Todd, a Partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan shares the highlights from the CYK and Twenty Essex’s LIDW 2024 panel discussion involving contributions from Jon Felce, Luke Pearce KC and Joshua Folkard

Deposits, conditions precedent and the doctrine of deemed fulfilment

Fiona Cain, Counsel, and Milad Amani, Trainee Solicitor, in the Shipping and Energy Team at Haynes and Boone in London, assess a recent judgment by the Court of Appeal, King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November LLC and others [2024] EWCA Civ 719