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Moorhead receives OBE for legal ethics work as lawyers scoop honours
Professor Richard Moorhead has been awarded an OBE for services to legal ethics in the King’s Birthday Honours, with several other lawyers also recognised.
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.
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The SRA’s client money reforms: good intentions, questionable execution
On the face of it, the SRA’s plans to tighten protections around client money sounds sensible. The detail, as ever, tells a more complicated story.
Recruitment, retention and reward in the legal accounts world
Understanding the legal finance market is important – not just for those actively involved in it day-to-day but also for leaders within law firms.
From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
