Last 3 months headlines – Page 714
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NewsIBA Rome: Artificial intelligence must mean strict liability – and higher insurance premiums
’The law needs to try not to multiply problems of dealing with AI and should not invest AI with legal personality,’ says Nicholas Tse
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NewsPressure mounts for 'direct action’ over reformed fee scheme
Criminal barristers claim government’s £15m offer for legal aid advocacy is not sufficient.
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NewsIBA Rome: New generation will spurn lawyers who don’t go online, senior UK judge warns
‘Much if not most’ legal advice will come to be delivered online Sir Geoffrey Vos tells session on tech revolution.
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NewsBaker McKenzie 'regrets' shortcomings in sexual misconduct investigation
Firm commissioned review into how it handled historic allegation.
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NewsBarrister received surprise box of Blavo client files, court told
Latest High Court hearing begins with quest to identify Blavo & Co files.
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NewsMarket slump forces Vannin to shelve listing
Conditions 'not conducive' to an initial public offering.
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NewsHospitals have nothing to fear from SC judgment, says Darnley lawyer
Lord Justice Jackson warned of consequences if NHS trust was found negligent over waiting times information.
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NewsJudge condemns 'very confused' evidence as multi-million fraud claim dismissed
Claims described as ’elaborate, expensive and unmeritorious’.
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NewsAnonymity order over mystery 'unexplained wealth' target lifted
Reporting restriction expires over identity of 'Mrs A'.
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NewsCity firm trains staff as mental health 'first aiders'
Dechert says programme is ’designed to engage, educate and provide the best possible support’ to staff.
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NewsSupreme Court finds hospital negligent over misleading waiting time
Patient left hospital after thinking he would have to wait hours to be seen, then suffered a serious brain injury.
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NewsIBA Rome: ICC prosecutor dismisses ‘machiavellian’ US attacks
Dr Fatou Bensouda vows not to be deflected from a prospective investigation into allegations of war crimes by US personnel.
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NewsImmigration appeals timetable 'riding roughshod' over rights
Law Society says 25 days is not sufficient time for solicitors to prepare an effective case for detainees.
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NewsIBA Rome: Bullying and sexual harassment rife in law – but victims don’t report it
Half of all women lawyers have been bullied at work and one in three has been sexually harassed, international survey reveals.
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News'Thoroughly dishonest' solicitor jailed for contempt
Law firm founder lied repeatedly after medical report inflated claimant’s injuries.
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NewsParents breach court order after 'advice' from McKenzie friend
Case reported as judicial working group still silent on proposals to regulate growing industry.
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NewsSRA flexes muscles as four banned from profession
Breaches of confidentiality and forging a colleague’s signature among the misconduct reported.
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NewsLand Registry: help us make conveyancing cheaper
Commitments and customer expectations outlined in charter.
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NewsListed firm armed with £50m starts acquisition spree
Knights buys Leicester firm and brings on board its 59 fee earners.
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NewsIBA Rome: World’s first civil legal aid blueprint launched
International principles stress that legal aid generates significant social and economic benefits.