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Partners reaching the mandatory retirement age often find themselves forced to challenge it as potential age discrimination and/or seek to negotiate a limited extension.

There are many valid complaints that can be made about the Solicitors Regulation Authority, but in my view increasing its fining powers is, on balance, in the interests of all concerned.

The rapid growth of litigation funding has made class actions more feasible. In particular, crowd-based platforms are well placed to help catalyse meritorious class actions and ensure they are run effectively.

We wanted to get a better understanding of the business priorities of legal decision-makers for 2022 and how companies use and value technology as well as which issues are shaping their plans.

A McKinsey report in 2020 reaffirmed what many had already suspected – a strong business case for diversity and that this continues to strengthen over time.

The overarching objectives for everyone involved in clinical negligence needs to be reducing the number of medical incidents at the same time as improving patient experience and reducing costs.

In a society where diversity and inclusivity are the current buzz words, law firms that have embraced neurodiversity are already reaping the benefits of this modern approach to practising law.

Computer geeks will tell you that the next big thing in technology is the metaverse, a kind of digital virtual space that exists in cyberspace and uses virtual reality headsets to access.

Arguments about scope of duty and limitation can mean a professional negligence claim is worth less than expected or nothing at all, while contractual provisions can still operate to cut it down.

I like to get my crystal ball out each year and look at what may be the key trends in commercial litigation. For 2022, insolvency, professional negligence, media, financial mis-selling and Covid look key.