Law firm’s AI-backed email tool “cut three days’ work to three hours”
An email management tool using AI and developed through a knowledge transfer partnership between a university and a law firm has reduced three days’ work in processing emails to three hours.
SRA to press ahead with plan to increase fining power to £25,000
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to press ahead with plans to expand its fining powers from the current maximum of £2,000 to £25,000 and introduce fixed penalties for low-level offences.
Paper-only small claims pilot “likely to do injustice” to litigants
A pilot scheme that will see small claims cases determined on the paper in six county courts from next month is “likely to do injustice” to litigants, an academic has argued. Dr Kate Leader, senior lecturer at York University, said… Read More
Cyber-attack contributes to listed law firm’s profit warning
Share in listed law firm The Ince Group neared their lowest point ever yesterday after it issued a profit warning, in part due to the cyber-attack it announced last month.
GC fined over conflicts of interest in instructing outside firm
A former general counsel has been fined for failing to disclose his interest in instructing an external firm and his links with a solicitor he then recommended to that firm.
Lawyers bemoan lack of employer support over stress and burnout
Nine out of ten lawyers have experienced stress or burnout at some point in their professional lives but only a fifth felt supported by their firms when they did, according to new research.
LSB urges Citizens Advice-style service for small businesses
A national legal support and information service for small businesses, akin to Citizens Advice, would help bridge a “significant access to justice gap”, the Legal Services Board says today.
High-profile solicitor’s SDT fined upped because of role at tribunal
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rejected a lower fine for high-profile solicitor Karen Todner, in part because she was the tribunal’s vice-president at the time of her misconduct.
Make legal advice available at GP surgeries and libraries, says think tank
Making legal advice available at GP surgeries, council offices, libraries and other convenient locations can help more people get more “timely” access to civil justice.
Platform firm to aid lawyers setting up side ventures
A platform law firm is offering lawyers the chance to develop related ventures, such as technology offerings, alongside their practices, with conveyancing on the blockchain the first.
