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Groundbreaking test finds AI judges “too persuadable”
A groundbreaking test of how persuadable an AI judge can be has raised serious concerns about access to justice and miscarriages of justice.
SRA rewrites supervision guidance after Mazur ruling
The SRA has issued substantially revised guidance on effective supervision, setting out in detail how firms can delegate legal work to non-authorised staff following Mazur.
LSB exposes “expectation-reality gap” with legal AI
Consumers expect a lawyer to oversee the information and advice that artificial intelligence provides, major new research has found.
“We need to see privileged material to do our job,” SRA tells court
Serious wrongdoing by solicitors may be shielded from regulatory action if the SRA does not have the right to view privileged material, the High Court will be told next month.
AI and private equity “reshaping partner pay”
The traditional metrics and models used to calculate partners’ pay are coming under mounting pressure from the rise of artificial intelligence and private equity.
Lawyers may have to pay LeO case fee even if complaint is dismissed
Law firms may for the first time have to pay a case fee for complaints dismissed by the Legal Ombudsman, under new proposals published yesterday.
Law firm cuts working week to protect people and profit
A Milton Keynes-headquartered law firm has introduced a 35-hour working week as part of a long-term plan to protect both people and profit.
Litigation funder fails in bid for greater profit from Mastercard claim
The Divisional Court has rejected the high-profile challenge by a litigation funder to its return from the Merricks Mastercard claim, which settled for £200m.
MPs quiz prospective JAC chair on 18-month term of office
The government’s preferred candidate to chair the Judicial Appointments Commission told MPs yesterday that she was relaxed about only being offered a term of 18 months.
Litigation funding reform remains our intention, minister tells MPs
Litigation funding reform, the interest on lawyers’ client accounts scheme and the regulation of legal AI tools were all on the agenda for justice minister Sarah Sackman yesterday.
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AI risk: What law firms must now demand from vendors
AI systems ingest, transform, infer and generate. Treating them as equivalent to document storage or workflow tools is a category error.
Why mid-sized firms are the most interesting story in UK legal right now
Mid-sized law firms are facing a set of decisions about structure, technology and growth that will define where they sit in the market for the next decade.
Don’t be fooled by the civil court statistics
The latest civil justice figures look deceptively upbeat, with faster claims. But these numbers mask a deeper truth: people are still waiting more than a year for justice.
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