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Law firm’s office building to have Europe’s “biggest green wall”
National law firm TLT is relocating its Manchester office next summer to a net-zero office building with Europe’s “biggest green wall”.
Male partner fined £23k for lewd song directed at female trainee
A male partner who sang a song about a trainee solicitor’s vagina, accompanied by lewd gestures, at a Christmas party gathering in a pub has been fined £23,000.
Post Office scandal highlights risk of lawyers “absorbing client’s view”
The Post Office scandal highlights the dangers of lawyers absorbing and reflecting back their client’s view “without sufficient independence and critical detachment”.
Cyber-attack cost conveyancing giant £7m plus lost business
The November 2021 cyber-attack on the Simplify Group – the country’s largest conveyancing business – cost it £6.8m and also suppressed fee income, its annual report has shown.
Opportunities opening up for “long neglected” returners to the law
The legal profession’s growing appetite for hiring career returners is opening up a wealth of opportunities for a talented group of lawyers who have “long been neglected”.
Top Midlands firm is acquisition number 5 for private equity house
The private equity house looking to building a £100m legal services group has taken a major step towards that goal by acquiring leading East Midlands firm Nelsons.
Loss adjuster launches “faster, more integrated” ABS
The largest loss adjuster in the UK has launched an ABS which plans to double in size by the end of this year and expand from property-related claims to personal injury work.
Motor claims fall to new low as self-representation creeps up
The number of motor injury claims reported to the Compensation Recovery Unit fell to their lowest first-quarter level ever this year, new figures have shown.
Drug dealer not “pressurised to plead guilty” by lawyers
The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim from a convicted drug dealer that he was “pressurised” to plead guilty by “negligent advice” from his lawyers.
SRA bans Court of Protection fee-earner and rebukes her supervisor
A fee-earner who failed to manage a vulnerable client’s affairs properly – using her own money to cover her errors – and the partner who supervised her have both been sanctioned.
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The profession can play a greater role in improving access to justice
In this, the third blog of my series, I focus on what lawyers in the UK can do to improve access to justice through greater professional stewardship.
Does AI work for conveyancers? We asked those on the front line
What is the view on AI from conveyancers themselves? Based on a Dye & Durham’s roundtable discussion on AI, the answer is: it depends.
Is the legal profession ready for agentic AI?
An AI agent is difficult to supervise. By design, it works in the background. It means a solicitor can be held responsible for work they had no real means to oversee.
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