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HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has published a progress report which provides an update on the Ministry of Justice’s overarching evaluation of the HMCTS reform programme.

Could chatbots open up access to justice? NLJ columnist and former Justice director Roger Smith puts ChatGPT to the test in this week’s issue.

We should seize the opportunities presented by new models of artificial intelligence to improve the provision of legal advice, says Roger Smith

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced investment of £3m into technology start-up incubator CodeBase and legal tech community Legal Geek, in an effort to facilitate the development of technology for use across the legal sector.

AlphaBiolabs provides hair drugs tests and nail drug tests for legal proceedings, with traces of drugs remaining detectable in a person’s hair and nails for 12 months after consumption. But which is best when, and what are the differences between the two?

Cybercriminals are getting bolder, smarter and better at what they do. In this week’s NLJ, Kingsley Hayes, head of data and privacy litigation at law firm Keller Postman, offers practical advice to law firms on how to combat this ever-lurking threat and what to do in the nightmarish event of an attack.

Kellie Simpson shares her future trends for law firms and lawyers

With cyberattacks presenting a growing threat to UK businesses, Kingsley Hayes offers practical advice to help law firms avoid falling victim to online criminals

A woman has been awarded nearly £100,000 in damages after suffering image-based abuse by her former partner, who covertly recorded her and posted the images on porn sites.

Lawyers have highlighted their concerns about the £1.3bn court reform programme, following a devastating report by the National Audit Office (NAO).

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Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Corporate and commercial team welcomes technology specialist as partner

Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou

Real estate finance practice announces partner appointment

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Flaws found in fixed costs regime

The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) from low-value personal injury to most civil cases worth up to £100,000 ‘is failing to deliver what it promised’, the Law Society has warned

Brimelow sets out Bar priorities for 2026

Bar campaigns will focus on protecting juries, legal aid and children’s rights in the year ahead with a working group already looking into the age of criminal responsibility, chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has said

CEO appointed at legal super-regulator

Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators

Parental leave rights given effect

Workers will be given day-one rights to parental leave in April, the government has confirmed

Appointments at the Supreme Court

Lord Sales has become deputy president, and Lord Doherty a justice, at the Supreme Court. Both were sworn in this week at a ceremony conducted by the court’s president Lord Reed in Courtroom One

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Technology

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Birketts—Michael Conway

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou