‘Ministers have asked the Legal Services Board (LSB) to outline how it plans to approach the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the sector by the end of April.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers’ use of generative AI is accelerating quickly but there is a major mismatch between in-house and private practice expectations of the impact on billing, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 12th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A recent Court of Appeal judgment provides useful clarity that non-parties can be entitled to the protection of litigation privilege, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Lawyers have raised alarm at the lack of oversight in local government, as a Guardian analysis found almost one in 10 councils in the UK have been subject to a corruption investigation in the past decade.’
The Guardian, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There is “notable cause for concern” over the long-term sustainability of the civil legal aid sector, research commissioned by the Ministry of Justice has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘When discussing AI’s role in replacing advocates and writing judgments in public law cases, it is important to recognise that this involves speculation about how AI’s future development, and is not rooted in AI’s current technological capabilities.’
Lamb Chambers, 8th November 2023
Source: www.lambchambers.co.uk
‘A report published earlier this month by the Legal Services Board highlighted the ethical risks faced by today’s lawyers.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Consolidation of legal regulators “may be a good thing” if designed to achieve “the pulling together of knowledge, lessons, consumer research and engagement”, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said.’
Legal Futures, 22nd November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A groundbreaking study has found that using generative AI to support, rather than replace, humans results in “large and consistent increases in speed” in completing legal tasks.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘If there was a court case on whether society should embrace artificial intelligence (AI) or reject it, there would likely be a hung jury.’
BBC News, 19th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘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
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