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Veronica Cowan advocates using technology to innovate in service provision
The volume of outstanding cases rocketed from 109,000 to more than 170,000 in the three months to the end of June 2020, during the pandemic, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) statistics have revealed
Personal injury firms may be pointing their marketing efforts at the wrong targets, according to research by legal marketing collective First4Lawyers
John Cooper QC ‘attends’ this year’s BFI London Film Festival & reviews an opening film heavily laced with law
The Disclosure Pilot Scheme: an analysis of eDisclosure trends in England and Wales by Tracey Stretton, Mark Surguy and Johnny Shearman
The majority of women in the legal profession believe they have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, research has found
If my wife were a solicitor and she had murdered me during lockdown, and if (notwithstanding the many defences available to defence counsel) she had been convicted, I expect she would be struck off. That’s obvious, but is it right?
John Gould looks at the rules on out-of-office bad behaviour
Guidance on how to apply for probate online using the MyHMCTS portal has been published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
The winter 2020–spring 2021 Pre-Application Judicial Education Programme (PAJE) is now open for applications
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DAC Beachcroft—Paul Brehony

DAC Beachcroft—Paul Brehony

Commercial disputes practice expands with partner hire in London

Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

Partner appointed to lead family and matrimonial department in Leeds

Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh

Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh

Commercial property team expands in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
Financial protections for domestic abuse victims would be strengthened and cohabiting couples be given inheritance and separation rights, under historic government proposals
Doctors and nurses could be sued for mistakes made by the artificial intelligence (AI) equipment they use to treat patients, researchers have warned
The law sector has been chosen as the testing ground for the government’s AI Growth Labs—speeding up development, testing and regulatory compliance so software can be market-ready more quickly
A range of options beyond burial, cremation and burial at sea could become legally available, under Law Commission recommendations
Artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistants will be deployed to cut delays in the Crown Court, ministers have announced
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