‘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
‘Artificial intelligence (AI) will have multiple uses for litigators, including helping with costs budgeting and validating advice to clients, a leading partner at Eversheds Sutherland has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 3rd 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
‘The first teenagers to take the legal services T-Level, a new vocational alternative to A-Levels, are to start courses this month at half a dozen schools and colleges.’
Legal Futures, 1st September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers are facing beefed-up rules on dealing with complaints, and the prospect of how quickly they handle them being made public, under proposals published yesterday.’
Legal Furtures, 25th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.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
‘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
‘The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is keen to hear about people’s experiences with firms offering these services, over concerns that not all are complying with consumer protection law.’
Family Law, 7th August 2023
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Firms offering “quickie” divorces and will writing are to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog.’
BBC News, 18th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Artificial intelligence (AI) will open up the world of legal services to a new generation of consumers by helping them work out how lawyers can help with their problems, according to Professor Richard Susskind.’
Legal Futures, 13th 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
‘The proportion of consumers who shop around for lawyers has fallen for the first time in 12 years, but the use of unbundling is on the rise, according to new figures.’
Legal Futures, 11th 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
‘Retired judges who engage in legal work after their retirement, whether advocacy or litigation, should be regulated by the Bar Standard Board (BSB) or Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), academics have argued.’
Legal Futures, 29th June 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
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