‘Artificial intelligence (AI) could help law firms most by increasing their productivity and is also likely to result in more legal work being done by those without traditional legal qualifications, lawyers have said.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK government has granted a general licence to enable UK lawyers to provide legal advice to non-UK individuals and businesses in relation to their compliance with international sanctions on Russia, without breaching UK sanctions regulations themselves.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Critical language used to blame lawyers for thwarting immigration policy dates back to Boris Johnson era.’
The Guardian, 16th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than a quarter (27%) of complaints made to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) are outside the new time limits introduced at the beginning of April, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 16th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal professional privilege should not apply in a case where there is a “very good arguable case” that a client used global firm DLA Piper’s services to assist a fraud, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 2nd August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The legal profession is “five years behind the curve” on diversity and inclusion and has “only in recent times” appreciated just how unequal access is, the chief executive of the Legal Services Board (LSB) said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 18th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Regulators need to bring down the barriers to technology adoption and innovation in the interests of reducing unmet legal need, the Legal Services Board has said.’
Legal Futures, 12th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Generative artificial intelligence (AI) will not replace lawyers, but lawyers who use it will replace those who do not, the head of lawtech at a leading City law firm has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 6th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal regulators and the courts may need to control “whether and in what circumstances and for what purposes” lawyers can use artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT in litigation, the Master of the Rolls has said.’
Legal Futures, 19th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Changes to statutory requirements on how lawyers handle complaints will move closer this week amid concern that consumers are being let down at the moment.’
Legal Futures, 5th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Professor Richard Susskind, advisor to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, has been alerting the legal profession to the advance of technology since the 1990s.’
Law Pod UK, 22nd May 2023
Source: audioboom.com
‘The legal profession pays only “lip service” to diversity and “there is a lack of action or appetite to pursue meaningful change”, a report for the Legal Services Board (LSB) has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 17th May 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New rules will see up to 4,500 more lawyers from diverse backgrounds eligible to become judges under plans announced by the government today (11 May 2023).’
Ministry of Justice, 11th May 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The need for a “strengthened and harmonised regulatory approach” to tackle the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) is being probed by the Legal Services Board.’
Legal Futures, 2nd May 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘There needs to be more focus on the “ethical competence” of lawyers throughout their careers, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 25th April 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘As the law focuses on mental health, aggressive and belligerent litigators appear to be an archaic breed. New guidance from the Mindful Business Charter aims to bring the profession up to date.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th March 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The first solicitor apprenticeship scheme has been launched which is specifically designed for paralegals part-way through qualifications with other legal bodies, such as CILEX and the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).’
Legal Futures, 7th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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