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Calls for UK legal services report to include ABSs, small firms and diversity
Delegates at the Global Law Summit have questioned why a major report on the health of the legal services industry included so little on new entrants to the market, smaller firms and diversity.
Consultancy chief challenges Susskind over impact of technology
Professor Richard Susskind, IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice, has warned lawyers that they have a “window of opportunity” before technological changes in the 2020s transform the way they work.
Innovation Nation – how SME firms are driving change in delivering legal services
Innovation in the legal market is – to some extent, at least – a state of mind, and structure is secondary to how your run your business. But the availability of ABS status and new competition has focused minds, a new report has found.
Law firm ‘named and shamed’ for failing to pay minimum wage
A law firm ‘named and shamed’ today by the government for failing to pay the minimum wage has hit back strongly. It was included in a list of 70 employers because it “neglected to pay £530.96 to a worker”.
Law to become “younger profession”, BLP managing partner predicts
The legal profession of the future is going to be younger, Neville Eisenberg, managing partner of City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), told the Global Law Summit in London today.
SRA stays on report over ABS licensing
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to remain on report over its performance in licensing alternative business structures until it outlines how it will stop making “disproportionate” requests for information from applicants, it has emerged.
Emerging countries and business will lead UK on court technology, experts say
Emerging countries and large corporations will lead the way on court technology while the UK and USA lag behind, experts at the Global Law Summit in London have predicted just a week after the Civil Justice Council unveiled its blueprint for online dispute resolution.
Quindell shares jump on positive news of Slater & Gordon deal
Alternative business structure Quindell plc indicated today that progress is being made on Slater & Gordon’s acquisition of its legal arm. The AIM-listed company’s shares jumped by 40% in early trading as a result.
Survey: smaller law firms punching above their weight online
Eight of the ten most successful law firms at showcasing their expertise online and distributing it via social media fall outside of the UK’s top 50, even though as a whole there is a lot more that large firms can do to improve their standing on Twitter, new research has found.
BSB eyes loosening constraints on design of both BPTC and pupillages
The Bar Standards Board has said that there is no need for the Bar Professional Training Course to be delivered as “one, integrated course”, and is also set to give chambers and employers more freedom to design pupillages.
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Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
Cross-generation collaboration: the key to in-house legal tech adoption
In-house legal function leaders will increasingly have to evolve their thinking on how to manage multigenerational teams containing differing levels of technological expertise.
AI and law firm risk – the view of professional indemnity insurers
In considering law firm applications for cover, many insurers will expect to see evidence of how firms are adapting to AI and preparing for the future.
