‘One way of viewing the current legal services market is that the legal profession is locked in a race to the death with non-qualified providers, tempted by the lucrative chunk of legal work that is not reserved to qualified lawyers and which forms a big part of their income.’
Legal Futures, 5th December 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers have been urged to look at radical new approaches to ‘rebrand’ justice so as to build public and political understanding of its value.’
Legal Futures, 30th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The legal profession will have to develop “cyber ethics” to cope with the very different issues that the growing use of technology is having on the practice of law, a leading academic has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An effort to encourage lawyers to report on everyday proceedings in the family courts to compensate for lack of press interest is being piloted over the next nine months, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 3rd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A hard Brexit could cost the legal sector up to £3bn by 2025, the Law Society has estimated.’
Legal Futures, 22nd August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Women in the Law UK, the Manchester-based lobbying, networking and support organisation, is gearing up for its launch in London next month.’
Legal Futures, 21st August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a new pilot scheme for practising legal professionals which will allow for them to get direct entrance to courts without the need to be searched. The scheme aims to reduce queues and grant legal professionals easier court access. In preparation of the schemes launch the MoJ is encouraging legal professionals to register with their local courts prior to the start of the pilot.’
Family Law, 10th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Unconscious bias in the legal profession against women is so deep-rooted that ‘New Law’ businesses trying to reshape legal services are just as affected, it has been claimed.’
Legal Futures, 9th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Disabled people seeking employment or working in the legal profession are “an untapped resource”, according to ground-breaking research. It found a profession not set up to accommodate the needs of disabled people in or wanting to join the profession.’
Legal Futures, 16th July 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On 10 April 2018, President Donald Trump tweeted “Attorney-client privilege is dead!” This was not the President’s deep analysis of the state of legal professional privilege (LLP) but a reaction to the raid on the offices of one of his former lawyers and the seizing of a quantity of documentation.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th May 2018
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Step out of the office & take some time to reflect on your work/life balance, says Matthew Kay.’
New Law Journal, 13th June 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Small and medium-sized law firms will get free help and advice from some of the biggest firms in the country on how to become more inclusive employers under a pilot scheme launched this month by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 24th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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