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While hybrid working offers greater flexibility, technology has also created an ‘always on’ culture where the boundaries between work and home life disappear.

No professional sector is immune from automation – even the law. However, the adoption of automated systems to settle routine injury claims raises a number of important ethical questions.

For many years, outsourcing has been seen as a bit of a scary prospect within the conveyancing sector. But thanks to the stamp duty holiday, conveyancers are now realising some of the many benefits.

In November, Google received two court rulings, through which it both closed and opened the door to class actions against it. So what do the decisions mean for future class actions?

The consolidation of law firms through merger and acquisition has resulted in fewer, but more sophisticated and expert clinical negligence practices.

At this time of year, law firms around the country are busy strategising and implementing plans for the coming 12 months. Forward-planning is a crucial part of a firm’s success, but where to start?

Perhaps the most worrying trend we are seeing in the professional indemnity market is the increased scrutiny of the financial position of SME law firms and demand for personal guarantees.

There should be efforts to minimise the gap between the UK’s domestic laws and its citizens’ religious laws with a view to merging all the different laws into the English legal system.

As you may have heard on the grapevine, Mrs Claus and I will not be working this Christmas. We have managed to bag a last-minute package deal to the Democratic Republic of Barbados.

There now ought to be no doubt in our minds that the collective proceedings order is an important feature on the litigation landscape. Two Competition Appeal Tribunal decisions provide some useful lessons.