Profession

Go to page of 772

Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, and senior judiciary have issued guidance advising that judicial office holders ‘must be alive to the potential risks’ of artificial intelligence (AI)

Georgina Squire considers a recent BVI case on the extent of duties owed

Michael Zander KC on how he helped to derail Lord Carter’s proposed sentencing reforms

Regulating the legal services industry is not an easy job, as John Gould explains

One of the defining features of a law report is its headnote. However well written a judgment may be, a well-constructed headnote can only enhance the reader’s ability quickly to grasp the decided point of law or ratio decidendi of the case

Felicity Potter & Helen Rainford compare & contrast different approaches to tackling the challenges of AI

Regulating legal services is a tricky game, as John Gould, senior partner, Russell-Cooke, writes in this week’s NLJ

Solicitors will not be asked to make additional contributions to the Compensation Fund to make up for losses due to the collapse of law firms Axiom Ince, Metamorph and Kingly, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed last week

Eleven Deputy High Court judges have been appointed for a six-year term by Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has put out a call for lawyers wishing to apply to become ‘qualified legal representatives’ under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021

Show

Results

Go to page of 772

E-newsletter Sign-Up

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Read All

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS

Read All

Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law

Error message

Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison