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Ministers have launched an expert industry working group to boost public confidence in e-signatures

Inés Rivera explains how speech technology is transforming policing, courts and prisons

The Communications and Digital Committee has launched an inquiry into digital regulation

Time to nip & tuck your web presence? Andy Cullwick offers insight into cracking the secrets of the Google rankings

The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has published its response to the Law Commission’s 30 April 2021 call for evidence on digital assets

The majority of law firms are making increasing use of technology, although funding and scalability issues mean the development of bespoke tech is mainly aimed at helping large corporate clients, an Oxford University study into innovation in lawtech has found

DocuSign, the electronic signature specialists, is running a webinar on the latest guidance on witnessing electronic signatures in Land Registration deeds, and related topics

The lawtech sector has doubled in size since 2017, includes about 200 companies, has attracted £647m in investment and is outpacing fintech, climate tech and healthtech

When it comes to cybersecurity, the legal sector faces a unique problem. On the one hand, most law firms realise the importance of cybersecurity and have taken the steps they think are necessary to protect themselves. On the other, the number of cyber attacks on law firms tells a different story

Lawtech may be booming, but the impact of technology on access to justice is a lot less clear, solicitor and author Roger Smith writes in this week’s NLJ.

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

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Tribute to Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years

NLJ this week: Shareholder secrecy sunk

Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'

NLJ this week: The expanding remit of national security law

In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains

NLJ this week: Trauma-informed pro bono

In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work

NLJ this week: When leases last hours

Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ

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Technology

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith