Obituary: Robert Bourns
11 May 1956 – 23 June 2025.
One Bar, bar none?
Barristers are busier than ever, reports Catherine Baksi. But with huge disparities in the rewards on offer and practitioners reporting increasingly divergent experiences, the profession is polarising.
How to unlock ADHD talent
Wellbeing.
Finding the middle way
Although promoting alternative dispute resolution is not a new development in family court hearings, it was given added impetus in April last year.
In Business: Late payment
When ‘30 days’ doesn’t mean 30 days
Data page – July 2025
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
GenAI: Ethical and practical concerns on using generative AI for legal work
(Sponsored content.) Legal professionals face the important task of understanding how generative artificial intelligence can be seamlessly — and ethically — incorporated into daily operations.
Thin blue line
Duty solicitors are a staple of every modern detective drama. But with numbers plummeting, their attendance is becoming less dependable in real‑life police stations. Catherine Baksi reports.
Agentic AI: team player
Legal AI has progressed to an essential productivity tool that can take on specific roles within a legal team – should human lawyers be worried?
GenAI: Ethical and practical concerns on using generative AI for legal work
(Sponsored content.) Legal professionals face the important task of understanding how generative artificial intelligence can be seamlessly — and ethically — incorporated into daily operations.
Part 2: Legal Sector Embraces AI – But Slowly and Unevenly
Next steps and critical considerations for the road ahead (sponsored content).
Preventing small interruptions from becoming big costs
A new wave of upcoming Lexis+ AI features is set to tackle the daily friction holding lawyers back. (Sponsored content.)
Part 1: Legal Sector Embraces AI – But Slowly and Unevenly
Mid-market AI adoption trends (sponsored content).
The generative AI era: Embracing innovation and good governance
Sponsored content: The rapid adoption of generative AI is revolutionising the way we work.
Closing the Cybersecurity Gap in Legal Practice
(Sponsored content) Brad Freeman, Director of Technology and Co-Founder. SenseOn.
Safeguarding clients and legal documents: Capita’s partnership with the SRA
(Sponsored content.) Neil Skellam at Capita highlights how the company supports the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in safeguarding clients by managing, securing, and repatriating critical legal documentation during firm interventions.
Digital Assets Market: Technology, Policy and Law
(Sponsored content.) Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini examines digital assets regulation, financial adaptation, quantum tech’s security impact, and lawtech’s role in compliance.
How law firms can harness AI to boost legal efficiency and enhance client service
Sponsored content. Damien Cartwright at LEAP, speaks to Tracy Hatswell of Wason Male & Wagland, on how embracing AI in their law firm has transformed the way they operate.
New government Cyber Governance Code of Practice
Code of Practice highlights that cyber risk should have the same prominence as financial or legal risks. (Sponsored content.)