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Lawyers recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list include Suffolk Law Centre founder Audrey Ludwig, and Reed Smith partner and former chair of the Black Solicitors’ Network Paulette Mastin

City law firms are rallying behind the One Billable Hour campaign, launched by social mobility champions Be the Ladder and law firm Moore Barlow

Commercial and regulatory expert joins education team as associate

Leadership strengthened through newly created chief executive role

Firm bolsters real estate group with new head of disputes

In recent years, the court have ‘displayed more willingness’ to recognise the concept of a duty of good faith in contractual disputes, Abdulali Jiwaji, partner at Signature Litigation, writes in this week’s NLJ. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Braganza has also influenced contractual interpretation, requiring discretionary decisions under contracts to be rational, honest and not arbitrary

What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on our jobs? How will it shape the delivery of legal services? In this week’s NLJ, Bernadette Bulacan, chief evangelist, Icertis, writes that ‘the legal industry stands at a pivotal moment for transformation’ as gen AI, autonomous agents and large language models begin ‘reshaping how legal teams operate'

Bernadette Bulacan on how AI is reshaping the sector

Abdulali Jiwaji considers the courts’ application of the Braganza duty in relation to discretionary decisions

Firm promotes two to equity partnership