‘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
‘In 2022, the Racial Bias and the Bench report found evidence of institutional racism in the justice system and fundamental flaws in the Judicial Diversity Strategy. Change is coming and all judges and lawyers can help revitalise the rule of law by implementing RBB’s 10 anti-racist recommendations, say Keir Monteith KC and Professor Leslie Thomas KC.;
Counsel, February 2023
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘When professionals are sued, it’s not unusual for them to make an assertion that their clients were “up to something”, or to complain that they had provided wilfully misleading or incomplete instructions.’
4 New Square Chambers, 7th December 2022
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has promised the frontline legal regulators “greater autonomy” in the framework it will use to assess regulators’ progress.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘What type of legal property is cryptocurrency? How might the law deal with NFTs? Do any of these new assets require lawyers? Dive into the future with Rosalind English and Robert Kellar KC, as they consider the UK Law Commission’s Digital Assets consultation paper.’
Law Pod UK, 2nd November 2022
Source: audioboom.com
‘The vast majority of mothers (84%) working in the law still find it difficult to balance working life with the demands of being a mother, despite some signs of progress.’
Legal Futures, 31st October 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A report into the so-called bio age, presumed successor to the digital age, has painted a picture of a world in which innovations in bio-technology and the role of global ecosystems have a huge impact on legal practice.’
legal Futures, 28th October 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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