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Working as a legal consultant has excellent potential rewards for the right individual, offering freedom, autonomy, and a more satisfying work-life balance.

The end is nigh. Robotic lawyers are coming for your jobs. Machines in snazzy suits will soon be swaggering into courtrooms, offering legal advice with the efficiency of a microwave and the charm of a teaspoon.

The recent SRA consultation on changes to handling client money has caused consternation across the legal profession, not least amongst our members at the ILFM.

The direction of travel is clear, especially for those of us in the legal sector, where adoption has been rapid: AI is now a fact of modern working life.

In the fallout from Axiom Ince, the SRA began talking about the possibility of introducing an alternative system to holding client money.

Almost four years and more than a million claims on from the launch of the Official Injury Claim portal, the system designed to simplify the process is still beset with problems.

Anything beyond minimal regulation would be challenging to structure and enforce, and practitioners do not see it as viable to rely on the courts as a fallback.

The findings in the SRA’s recent thematic review of probate services were quite alarming to the regulator when it came to continued competence.

Law firm career ladders can be steep, heady and hugely rewarding. However, the trainee-to-partner journey is not for everyone. Fortunately, other options are available.

Despite engaging a lawyer, some clients want to take the lead and on occasion you meet a client who thinks they know better than you. This is particularly so if you are at the start of your career.