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Government announces £20m boost in civil legal aid funding
The government today announced plans for an extra £20m for civil legal aid – specifically housing and immigration work – the first increase in funding since 1996.
High Court overturns SRA’s decision to intervene in law firm
The High Court has taken the almost unprecedented step of withdrawing a notice of intervention into a law firm issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
SRA heads must roll over Axiom Ince, says ex-board member
A former member of the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has called for its chair and/or chief executive to resign in the wake of the Axiom Ince report.
Public “increasingly positive about class actions”
Members of the public are more aware than ever about class actions and more positive about their outcomes, research has found.
Listed law firms lay out £4m impact of NI increase
Listed law firm Gateley said yesterday that it expected “pricing and efficiencies” to mitigate the extra £1.8m that the National Insurance increase is set to cost it.
Employers’ organisation buys Sheffield law firm
Make UK, the representative voice of UK manufacturing, has expanded its employment law and HR services by acquiring a Sheffield-based law firm.
Carr hits out over civil digitisation and criminal court sitting days
The Lady Chief Justice yesterday complained to MPs about the government’s decisions to reduce the digitisation of civil justice and limit sitting days in the criminal courts.
LinkedIn superinfluencers “massively outperform” their law firms
Law firms need to redesign their social media strategies to embrace influencers who “massively outperform” their firms on LinkedIn.
City law firm creates first solicitor-barrister partnership in Ireland
The Irish arm of City giant Simmons & Simmons has become the first of a new breed of law firms that allows solicitors to form partnerships with barristers.
Tribunal “copied most of ruling” from one side’s submissions
A judge has strongly criticised an employment tribunal that copied most of its reasons from the respondent’s witness evidence or written submissions.
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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.
