Legal News

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A Bar Council working group has outlined ways to better support barristers applying for silk but also heard calls for a review of the whole appointment process.

A judge has warned litigants in person that, like lawyers, they need to take personal responsibility for the use of AI in drafting court documents.

A law firm which discriminated against a paralegal should not have to pay aggravated damages simply because it advised on employment law.

A dual-qualified solicitor and barrister has been suspended for nine months by a Bar disciplinary tribunal in the wake of a six-month suspension by the SDT.