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23 June 2023
Issue: 8030 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Profession , Legal aid focus
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NLJ this week: Future law tech, access to justice & the need for humans

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NLJ columnist Roger Smith reviews legal technology specialist Professor Richard Susskind’s latest book through an access to justice lens, in this week’s issue.

Professor Susskind (pictured), who predicted the rise of lawtech, recently published the third edition of Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to your Future (Oxford University Press, 2023). In his review, Smith praises his ‘engaging, polemical and interesting’ work, but notes that, on the issue of widening access to justice, ‘his analysis proceeds at such speed that some problems are overlooked or oversimplified’.

Smith draws conclusions on the question of whether the advice sector and civil legal aid will need fewer lawyers in future—read more here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

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Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS
Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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