Solicitor using £50k prize to develop automated advice platform
A solicitor who won a female innovators award is to put her £50,000 cash prize to building an automated platform that will provide cost-effective legal support to start-ups.
Bar regulator “struggling to keep pace” with rising volume of work
The Bar Standards Board has admitted it is struggling to keep pace with a rising volume of incoming reports, authorisations and disciplinary cases, and is failing to meet several of its service standards.
High Court “considered referring Duncan Lewis to SRA”
The High Court has condemned an “utterly hopeless” urgent application by national legal aid firm Duncan Lewis, relating to six asylum judicial reviews, which was “bound to fail”.
Lawyers work alongside recruiters in platform for consultants
Lawyers are set to work alongside recruitment consultants in a platform for self-employed professionals taking shape in the West Country that aims to build an internal marketplace.
Firm settles with two rivals and barrister over plagiarised letter of claim
Manchester-based JMW has accepted damages of £45,000 plus costs from rival law firm Hayes Connor that admitted plagiarising a letter drafted by JMW on 242 occasions.
Quarter of pupil barristers experiencing financial hardship
Almost a quarter of pupil barristers say they are experiencing “some financial hardship” during the pandemic, but a lack of networking opportunities was the main problem they identified.
LeO set to receive £5 more per lawyer but told investment must now deliver
The Legal Ombudsman has scaled back its planned increased budget for the coming year, but it is still set to increase by 13%, or another £5 per lawyer.
Leading injury firm sold on five years after last acquisition
Fast-growing Leeds firm Switalskis has acquired specialist medical negligence and personal injury practice Pryers from Pure Business Group, which only bought the firm itself five years ago.
MoJ: 2021 is set to be a “big year” for legal aid
This is set to be a “big year” for legal aid, a senior Ministry of Justice official has predicted, amid warnings of the heavy strain alternative advice sources are under.
Former government minister takes helm at costs lawyer regulator
Former government minister David Heath takes over as the new chair of the Costs Lawyer Standards Board this week, arguing for greater protection of the costs lawyer profession.
