All articles by Michael Cross – Page 17
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NewsNews focus: Judgment week for the regulators
The Legal Services Board has unveiled its critique of eight frontline regulators, with the SRA one of ony two to receive top marks. Its report also calls for improvements in transparency, skills and use of evidence.
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NewsGovernment backs SLAPPs legislation
Measure will create a new dismissal mechanism for strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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NewsNon-parties to get more access to court documents
Proposed amendment to Civil Procedure Rules will require parties to provide copies of skeleton arguments and witness statements.
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NewsIran death-row lawyer jailed for three months
Defender was charged with 'propaganda against the state' and 'membership in groups opposed to the state', campaign group says.
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OpinionAI will come with a jagged edge
Identifying jobs that lend themselves to automation is neither obvious nor easy.
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NewsNational firm on minimum wage shame list
Austin Kemp Solicitors says isolated incident took place in 2016.
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NewsSRA scores top marks from super regulator
Solicitors’ regulator gets a double ‘green’ rating for sufficiency - though assessment period misses the Axiom Ince debacle.
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NewsCity firm boosts NQ pay as sector defies recession
Newly qualified solicitors at Norton Rose could earn up to £168,000 with bonus following review.
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News'Unacceptable in its entirety': Nigerian lawyers to fight UK trade deal
Nigerian Bar Association 'will not allow any incursion into our legal space', president says following announcement of Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership.
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NewsNews focus: Generative AI - law students call for guidance
Law students and academics need guidance on how to discern whether AI applications ‘pass the smell test’. A roundtable in Leeds heard that a ‘massive education programme’ is needed.
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News'I was a complete arse' to my solicitors, bitcoin 'inventor' tells court
Dr Craig Wright tells court of 'yelling and screaming' at his legal team in the run-up to 'Satoshi identity' trial.
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NewsQuarter of lawyers 'regularly use' generative AI
Nearly two thirds of firms have already made changes to their day-to-day operations, according to UK survey.
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NewsEmotional dysregulation alert in bitcoin identity trial
Computer scientist who claims to be 'Satoshi Nakamoto' began giving evidence today.
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News'Satoshi identity' hearing draws a worldwide audience
Some 400 people have received permission to watch hybrid Rolls Building proceedings remotely, judge reveals.
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NewsNews focus: bitcoin ‘identity’ dispute comes to court
Dr Craig Wright explains why he has faith in the British legal system as he prepares for Monday’s High Court showdown.
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NewsUnmanaged illegal migration brings rule of law into disrepute - Chalk
'We are in a global contest of ideas, a contest between rule of law nations like ours and those who offer an authoritarian alternative.'
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OpinionLabour's great lord chancellor
Richard Burdon Haldane was in the thick of almost every major political and intellectual debate of the day.
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NewsNothing 'inherently improper' about using AI, barristers told
Risks of generative AI systems include anthropomorphism, hallucinations and information disorder, Bar Council warns.
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NewsBT landline group claim opens in CAT
More than 150 elderly claimants in competition case are 'dying every day', representative says.
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NewsIranian lawyer’s IBA plea: ‘help stop executions’
Voice call from Iran was heard at International Bar Association Human Rights Institute event to mark the Day of the Endangered Lawyer.