All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 186
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NewsCity law firm successfully pilots AI technology
Reed Smith plans to use innovative software more widely, insisting lawyers will always be needed.
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NewsLeading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Management consultancy Edward Drummond says bigger practices are ‘aggresively meritocratic’.
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News‘Bureaucratic’ gateway blocks access to discrimination advice
Islington Law Centre says applicants need legal advice just to make the initial call about their case.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
International firm extends its alternative legal services offering.
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NewsVictims should be given right to restorative justice, MPs assert
Justice select committee says provision should be included in Victims’ Law.
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NewsCity firm sets up ‘hotline’ to address client fears over cybersecurity
Herbert Smith Freehills says clients will be able to ask questions without having to set up a retainer.
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NewsKent legal chief aims high with new ABS
Geoff Wild says new company, wholly owned by Kent County Council, is hoping for SRA approval by November.
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NewsPrivate practice boost for social welfare law
Legal Education Foundation is offering 11 training contracts.
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NewsRenewed call for problem-solving courts to be piloted
Centre for Justice Innovation publishes fresh evidence.
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News‘Don’t expect to be in the office more than two days,’ lawyers told
London-based firm Schillings is the latest to embrace agile working.
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NewsPI reforms fuel law firm merger mania
Accountancy firm reports peak levels of merger and acquisition activity.
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NewsThird-party JR funders must be allowed anonymity – Law Society
Ministry of Justice says identification of funders giving more than £3,000 will ensure equality of arms.
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NewsSolicitor agrees settlement over abusive language
Solicitors Regulation Authority says Daniel Robert Johnson also sent an inappropriate email to another solicitor.
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NewsCourt of Appeal threshold to remain unchanged
Automatic right to oral hearing will be removed, but ‘real prospect of success’ remains the benchmark.
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NewsEnterprise firms unable to secure new PII put ‘on notice’
A third of the 43 firms covered by collapsed insurer Enterprise have failed to secure a new policy.
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NewsLLB course demand soars – but vacancies remain
Undergraduate law degree places still available at many institutions through admissions service Ucas.
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NewsSolicitor referred to tribunal over Euro Parliament funds
Solicitors Regulation Authority says allegations against Christopher Charles Edward Hayes are unproven.
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NewsEnd ‘campaign’ against solicitor-advocates – Bourns
Law Society president says solicitor-advocates are not given enough credit for their work.
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NewsPII deadline looms for firms covered by Enterprise Insurance
Solicitors Regulation Authority says two-thirds of firms have found alternative cover.
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NewsConveyancing clerk banned from profession over fake client emails
Non-solicitor Graham Borley ordered to pay £7,500 financial penalty because of employer's ABS status.