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A  year-long study of the use of computer algorithms in the criminal justice system has recommended creating a national register to bring openness, expose built-in biases, and ensure public trust.

Artificial intelligence has “huge potential” to make a positive impact in the legal services sector, the Lord Chancellor said today as he announced further financial backing for lawtech.

The trial of Slater & Gordon’s £637m claim over its acquisition of Quindell’s professional services division is set for October as the two sides continue also to argue over consideration still owing.

Legal representation for immigration detainees is poor, including the quality of advice given by solicitors, according to a charity that challenges detention in removal centres and prisons.

A criminal law solicitor who “appeared to have been duped by a convicted fraudster” has been fined for letters he produced to give comfort to potential business partners.

A groundbreaking conveyancing business offering a guaranteed time to exchange and encourages instructions from both sides of a transaction goes live this week, Legal Futures can reveal.

The Law Society’s defence of its practice note on non-disclosure agreements has not silenced its critics, with the leading academic in the field accusing Chancery Lane of “putting PR before principles”.

A West London solicitor has hit with a £500,000 confiscation order for repeatedly disregarding warnings from his local council to stop using a terraced home as an office for his firm.

DWF, the world’s largest listed law firm, told investors today that it expects its 2018/19 revenues to be up by at least 15%. Meanwhile, fellow listed firm Ince Gordon Dadds has unveiled new branding.

A secure private client platform which stores financial and other details needed by executors has been launched by West Country law firm Ashfords, which said it was the first product of its kind.