Technology

LexisNexis has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) product to help lawyers speedily identify the right expert.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published guidance for members of the public and probate professionals to apply for probate online and includes an update on how HMCTS is planning to enhance the service through 2021. 

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law’s (BIICL) Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has published a working paper titled ‘The Rule of Law and Covid-19 related technologies' written by Dr Julinda Beqiraj, Rowan Stennett and Nyasha Weinberg. 

The Home Office is seeking views on the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA 1990), including offences and the powers available to law enforcement agencies to investigate those offences. 

The Chancellor of the High Court has published a practice note which confirms the process that is to be followed in some cases in Business in Property Courts cases for witnesses that provide evidence via video link or other remote means from a foreign jurisdiction.

The Law Commission has launched a call for evidence on digital assets. 

Barristers and advocates have warned against widespread adoption of remote hearings post-pandemic.

Proposals to allow electronic versions of bills of lading, bills of exchange and other documents have been launched by the Law Commission.

The Law Commission has opened a consultation on the proposals to allow ‘for legal recognition of trade documents’, such as the bills of lading and bills of exchange. The consultation paper sets out proposals for law reforms to allow for electronic documents to be ‘possessed’ and to have the same legal impacts as its paper counterparts. 

There’s a new legislative tool in town and it could be a game changer for criminal lawyers, Kingsley Napley criminal litigation partners Sandra Paul and Rebecca Niblock write in NLJ this week.