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Whiplash portal “on track” for April 2020 launch
The man charged with delivering the whiplash portal said yesterday that he expects to meet the timetable of putting it out for testing next autumn and launch in April 2020.
PI claimants “increasingly comfortable” with online service
More people than ever are prepared to have their personal injury claim handled completely online, according to research by a leading law firm as it prepares to become ‘small claims ready’.
Listed law firm leads October merger rush
The 1 October indemnity insurance renewal date still used by most law firms was marked by the usual rush of mergers and acquisitions, with listed law firm Knights leading the way.
SRA wins £700k government grant to support firms using AI
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has won a £700,000 award from the government to accelerate the ideas of law firms and others to improve access to justice using AI.
Lawyers need to see benefits of innovation, says guru
If there is one thing a law firm can do to achieve buy-in from lawyers sceptical of the need for change, it is show clients saying they have rewarded an innovative approach, the author of a major book has said.
PE-backed personal injury firm sold out of administration
Private-equity backed industrial disease law firm Roberts Jackson has become the latest victim of the squeeze on personal injury practices, and was sold out of administration on Friday.
Gordon Dadds eyes merger to create largest listed firm
Gordon Dadds Group is in talks with top-50 City firm Ince & Co to create what would be the largest listed law firm. It is a significantly bigger deal than Gordon Dadds has been targeting.
Chambers to adopt name of female barrister pioneer
The first set to be named after a woman in the history of the Bar is to honour one of the first two female King’s Counsel, as they then were, it has emerged.
Supreme Court judge: Access to justice “under threat”
The government is indirectly “dismantling” legal aid, and putting access to justice under threat, by setting unsustainably low fee levels for lawyers, a Supreme Court justice has argued.
Exclusive: Top chambers eyes up PI small claims service
One of the country’s leading personal injury sets is planning to offer litigants in person a new way to obtain legal advice once the government increases the small claims limit.
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Strong AML controls are meaningless with incomplete data
One expectation as the FCA takes control of anti-money laundering oversight is a move towards more supervision rather than simply writing new rules.
Navigating the legal AI productivity-profitability paradox
Firms are achieving efficiencies through AI, especially in the practice of law. Yet many are struggling to see that reflected in their financial outcomes
Regulation, growth and access to justice: why legal services need a reset
Well-intentioned consumer protections embedded in the regulation of legal services increasingly act as barriers to innovation, competition and access to justice.
