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High Court allows McKenzie Friend to exercise rights of audience
A High Court judge has allowed a McKenzie Friend to exercise rights of audience in supporting a defendant facing an order that could lead to a jail sentence for contempt being activated.
£10k fine for solicitor who amended transfer without client consent
A solicitor who amended and lodged a property transfer without her client’s knowledge or consent has been fined £10,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Third-party funder paid €26m for backing disputed arbitration award
A third-party funder has been paid €26m (£22m) after its client monetised a disputed arbitration award that it backed. The Republic of Italy, the defendant, is currently trying to annul the decision
SRA fails in appeal over solicitor cleared of AML breaches
The High Court has upheld a ruling by the SDT that a solicitor’s errors in conducting due diligence for anti-money laundering purposes did not amount to professional misconduct.
Scottish solicitors to vote on ditching support for ABSs
Solicitors in Scotland will tomorrow vote on whether to oppose government plans to push ahead with alternative business structures.
Conveyancer backdated deed he had forgotten to draft
A vastly experienced conveyancer who backdated a deed of easement he had forgotten to prepare as part of a transaction has been barred from working in the profession.
West Midlands ‘supercluster’ aims to drive forward lawtech
Plans to boost innovation and the use of lawtech in the West Midlands over the next decade have been unveiled by the UK’s first professional services technology ‘supercluster’.
Let us lead on equality, Bar Council chair tells BSB
The chairman of the Bar Council has urged the Bar Standards Board to let it lead work on improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the profession.
Conveyancers facing “more hostile environment than ever”
Conveyancers are facing a “an environment more hostile than ever before” and clients have “never been so litigious”, the owner of a well-known firm has warned.
SRA’s client money warning: partners need to replace money at once
Law firm partners have been told that they must dip into their own pockets to replace any shortages on client accounts immediately upon discovery.
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AI can do the work but it cannot inherit the lawyer’s duty
What happens when lawyers delegate cognitive work to AI but remain personally responsible for judgements they may no longer have independently reasoned through?
How to make work experience meaningful
When I had the pleasure of work experience, I made tea, collected lunch and mostly watched someone work. I didn’t bother with the last three days. I am not sure they noticed.
Lawyer burnout is not inevitable: what to do differently
Burnout is not simply an unavoidable cost of being a lawyer. Law firms cannot talk seriously about burnout without talking about how they design the work.
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