High Court rejects bid to change solicitors in Mariana Dam case
The High Court has ruled that the Mariana Dam client committee did not have the power to change solicitors for the 400,000 clients.
High Court penalises government for ignoring litigation deadlines
The High Court has strongly criticised the Government Legal Department for repeatedly missing deadlines and only applying for extensions after they passed.
Co-op Legal Services defends use of AI to monitor client calls
Co-op Legal Services has rejected the claim that its use of AI to monitor calls between staff and clients is “oppressive and dystopian”.
Solicitor who “preferred interests” of one client over others struck off
A veteran solicitor who “preferred the interests” of one client in property transactions over the interests of his co-owners has been struck off.
Judiciary to take “cautious but positive” approach to AI use
AI offers “potentially transformative implications for justice”, the incoming Master of the Rolls has said, and the judiciary’s approach will be “cautious but positive”.
Ethics, AI, wellbeing and supervision to the fore in competence review
A stronger focus on ethics, as well as new provisions on AI, supervision and wellbeing, are set to be added to the statement of solicitor competence.
AI poses “existential threat” to immigration cases, tribunal warns
The ability of AI to generate documents and other material could pose “an existential threat to the integrity of the immigration appeal system”, the Upper Tribunal has warned.
Solicitor fined for misleading mentally ill client
A solicitor who misled a client over a psychiatric report to “avoid exacerbating” their mental health problems has been fined £15,000.
Support for extending JAC’s ‘equal merit’ provision to disability
The Bar Council has backed plans to add disability to the ‘equal merit’ provision applied to the selection of judges, alongside ethnicity and gender.
Small firms launch campaign to keep client interest
The SME and Boutique Law Firm Alliance is asking firms to sign an open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham over the proposals to appropriate client account interest.
