First pilots under Online Procedure Rules go live
The first pilots under the Online Procedure Rules went live yesterday, covering digital possession claims in three county courts.
Legal profession has replaced ethics with ‘not acting illegally’
The legal profession has “tried effectively to outsource its soul to its regulators” by substituting acting ethically with the absence of illegality, a City law grandee has warned.
Firms warned over threshold for client interest payments
Law firms must be careful not to impose policies on client account interest that set too high a de minimis threshold, a senior reporting accountant has warned.
Wasted costs order for barrister who appeared remotely from train
A barrister who tried to conduct a remote employment tribunal hearing from two different trains in Germany has been ordered to pay £6,800 in wasted costs.
Employee-owned Yorkshire law firm expands into North-West
Ison Harrison has made its first acquisition outside Yorkshire, buying North-West practice Dootsons and increasing its total number of offices by three to 30.
Susskind: Judgement will not save lawyers from march of AI
Lawyers are wrong to think that the need for human judgement will protect them from AI taking on most of their role, Professor Richard Susskind has argued.
Judge allows counsel to record and transcribe proceedings
The Crown Court has allowed six barristers to record proceedings instead of taking manual notes, recognising that the move is “something of a leap into uncharted territory”.
Solicitor jailed for stealing from hundreds of clients struck off
A conveyancing solicitor jailed for 30 months after defrauding a Hereford law firm out of at least £161,000 has now been struck off.
CAT bets on £25 payout appealing to car delivery class members
Payouts from the car delivery charges collective action will start at £25, with consumers and businesses set to receive up to £56m of the £93m total settlement.
SRA privilege ruling may be problem for solicitors under investigation
This week’s Carter-Ruck ruling could be bad news for some solicitors under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, experts have warned.
