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16 October 2024
Issue: 8090 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , International , Technology
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Invest 2035: opportunities for growth

The Law Society is focusing on identifying opportunities for growth in the legal sector, following the publication this week of the government’s ten-year industrial strategy, ‘Invest 2035’

Eight ‘growth-driving sectors’ have been identified for investment, including ‘professional and business services’. The strategy highlights opportunities such as ‘expanding into overseas markets’ and boosting lawtech.

Law Society chief executive Ian Jeffery said: ‘It is a breakthrough moment for the legal sector recognising its importance and acknowledging that it’s not just about the bigger firms but, very importantly, it is also about supporting the backbone of our economy, small business.’

Issue: 8090 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , International , Technology
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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