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Law firms increasingly screening clients against ESG values
The increasing extent to which clients are being screened against environmental, social and governance issues was laid out at a Law Society conference last week.
Majority of law firms still failing to follow price transparency rules
Nearly six in 10 law firms are failing to publish the full cost and service information required by the transparency rules, a report for the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found.
Criminal solicitor bodies urge members to join trade union
The two main organisations representing criminal defence solicitors have urged their members to join the trade union Unite so as to “exercise their voices collectively”.
Solicitor who practised unauthorised for son’s business is suspended
A solicitor who practised unauthorised and handled reserved probate work for a company owned by her non-solicitor son after her firm closed has been suspended for three months.
Court refers lawyers to regulators over misconduct in $11bn arbitration
A High Court judge has referred a solicitor and a barrister to their regulators for “indefensible” conduct, motivated by money, that contributed to his decision to overturn an $11bn arbitration award.
SRA makes pitch to be sole AML supervisor for UK legal sector
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has called on the government to make it the sole supervisor of anti-money laundering activity by all lawyers.
BSB could publish assessments of chambers and encourage mergers
The Bar Standards Board has floated the idea of publishing assessments of individual chambers as part of a new supervision strategy and encouraging smaller ones to bulk up through merger.
Peers fight on to give fraud enforcement agencies costs protection
The House of Lords has renewed its backing for an amendment to draft legislation giving judges more freedom not to award costs against enforcement agencies.
First post-PACCAR bid to invalidate litigation funding agreement fails
The High Court has rejected the first bid to use the Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling by a company looking to invalidate a litigation funding agreement it had signed up to.
AI could revolutionise lawyers’ approach to costs, says judge
Generative AI like ChatGPT could revolutionise the way that lawyers deal with costs, rendering detailed assessment largely unnecessary, a High Court judge suggested last week.
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Information isn’t oversight – lessons from the PM Law review
The PM Law review’s real findings perhaps point to a failure mode applying to any organisation sitting on scattered risk information.
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.
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