All Law Gazette articles in 20 May 2019 – Page 4
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NewsLeave the work to counsel: Judge slashes solicitors' trial costs
Costs ruling comes as postscript to appeal against so-called Norwich Pharmacal order.
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OpinionArtificial intelligence and lawyers' ethics
Guidelines for trustworthy AI identify key requirements applicable to the profession.
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NewsMagic circle firm brings in five-figure maintenance grant for trainees
Freshfields will offer its future solicitors £10,000 to cover living costs incurred during the law conversion course.
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NewsSecond chance: Gauke widens prisoner release scheme
Ministry of Justice trialling rules that will allow prisoners from open and women's jails to go out and work.
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NewsFirm promotions: BLM appoints 21 partners
The appointments mean that 44% of the firm's 234 partners are female.
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NewsThree months 'not long enough' for domestic abuse review
Group of 37 practitioners has written to the justice secretary explaining what is happening on the ground.
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NewsNew hires lead launch of Sydney Mitchell's immigration department
Andre Minnaar and Melissa Southall both join the Midlands firm from Cartwright King.
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OpinionNo lifejacket under your seat: 100 years of aviation law
The year 1919 marked the debut of intercontinental flying - and of solutions to the legal challenges it presented.
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NewsUniversity and law firms team up to develop lawtech standard
University of Manchester’s law and technology initiative now has six legal services members.
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NewsCrown court to hear crowdfunded prosecution of Johnson
District judge grants application for summons over three alleged offences of misconduct in public office.
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NewsCompanies House could require identity checks in transparency reform
Consultation document proposes what is claimed to be the biggest change since the Register of Companies was created.
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NewsLegal aid heavyweights to merge
Steel & Shamash and Edwards Duthie will join forces to become Edwards Duthie Shamash on 3 June.
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OpinionBAILII needs your support
A free and reliable source of case law is an essential part of our rule of law fabric.
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NewsConveyancing consolidation squeezing out local knowledge
Top 200 firms controlling record share of the market, according to data tracker.
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NewsSRA-backed scheme offers £50,000 for lawtech innovators
Bids invited for ideas about how to make legal advice 'more affordable and accessible'.
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NewsHundreds of new firms predicted to set up in 2020
Serviced offices becoming more acceptable as 'entrepreunerial' lawyers feel encouraged to go it alone.
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NewsCouple jailed for harassing judge after birthday card sent to her home
High Court says appellants intended to show the judge they had extensive knowledge about her.
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OpinionNDAs and the ethics debate
To suggest that the Law Society has failed to discharge our responsibility to the public is simply not correct.
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NewsFalconer: my 'regret' over Labour's effort to curb legal aid budget
Former lord chancellor says his government's actions led to public perception that all lawyers had their noses in the trough.