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Huge growth in income and profit at Co-op Legal Services
Co-operative Legal Services is ahead of its stated ambition to become a £100m operation by 2027 after announcing a 24% rise in turnover last year to £84m.
Major firm offers staff £1m bonus for million AI prompts
Staff at national law firm Shoosmiths will share a £1m bonus if they make a million Microsoft Copilot prompts in its next financial year.
SRA: Claims firms “destabilised” by litigation funding deals
Relationships with litigation funders are destabilising some high-volume consumer claims law firms, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned.
Tribunal warns solicitors of dangers when acting for family
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has warned solicitors of the dangers of acting for family members after fining one who preferred his wife in the distribution of an estate.
Judges tell government not to extend whiplash tariff model
The senior judiciary has warned the government not to extend the whiplash tariff to larger or different types of claims, it emerged yesterday.
Settlement agreement legal fees part of NDA problem, MPs told
The money employers have to pay employees for legal advice on settlement agreements is not enough to deal with the NDAs they routinely include, MPs were told yesterday.
Law firms urged to put ethics at heart of deciding who to act for
Law firms should adopt a ‘legitimate provenance of wealth test’ when taking on clients as part of an ethics-based approach that goes beyond legal or regulatory tests.
DWF accused of data protection breaches in battle with claimant firm
Solicitors for leading insurers have been accused of data protection breaches in collating evidence about the way a North London firm pursued personal injury claims.
Solicitor suspended after client’s millions pass through bank account
The first solicitor prosecuted for ‘tipping off’ a client about a money laundering investigation has now been suspended for allowing a client to use his firm’s account as a banking facility.
DDJ resigned before she could be removed from office
A deputy district judge who took nearly three years to hand down a judgment would have been removed from office had she not resigned, according to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.
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How AI presents real opportunities for barristers
AI presents real opportunities to improve access to justice and to support barristers in day-to-day legal practice. But we all need to understand and mitigate the risks.
Not everything can be a competition issue – a new dawn for consumer redress
Last month, the Law Commission launched a new project to “consider the potential introduction of a consumer class actions regime” in England and Wales.
Modern search is about ‘knowledge’ retrieval
Search has long been understood as data retrieval – the ability to call back information and check a box on finding something. Legal professionals today need more of a 360-degree view on a matter.
