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14 January 2022
Issue: 7962 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Covid-19
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NLJ this week: Agile law

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the legal profession to take stock of its working practices―how flexible should firms be?

In this week’s NLJ, Rachel Lewis, partner, Farrer & Co, considers what works best, and sets out the changes her own firm has introduced.

Lewis recalls that it soon became apparent that a ‘one size fits all’ policy wasn’t going to suit. Instead, the firm consulted with its people to gauge priorities and needs, subsequently choosing a 40% structure, and refurbishing its offices to fit the new style of agile working. 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments

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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