THIS ISSUE
A crisis of culture: the legal sector risks losing talented lawyers who don’t fit the traditional mould, says CILEX Chair Professor Chris Bones
Veronica Cowan talks to the Chief Legal Ombudsman, Paul McFadden, about his plans to drive recovery & change
An employment tribunal has given the first UK ruling on indirect associative discrimination: Charles Pigott reports
Lois Horne reviews a case where the Privy Council delivered a ‘ground-breaking’ judgment on injunctions
Nicholas Dobson examines expert opinion evidence in judicial review proceedings
Rent arrears go backwards; Barder visits Covid; PI PAP PERFECTED; Enforcement stays; Law at Night; Memos with threats
Vexatious litigants, lacklustre lodgings & tight turnaround times: Dominic Regan ponders the downsides of a seat on the High Court bench
Hannah Gumbrill-Ward shares the pros & cons of the use of arbitration in family proceedings
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the legal sector has lagged behind many other sectors in terms of technology adoption across the years. However, in recent times we have started to see a shift in both mindset and practice, with various Software as a Service-based products coming into play and covering everything from basic practice management through to AI-driven automation. To better understand the impact of this technology within the sector and more specifically, the probate process, Exizent’s Chief Technology Officer, John Catnach, discusses the latest technology within the industry and what the future trends look like
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Thackray Williams—Lucy Zhu
Dual-qualified partner joins as head of commercial property department
Morgan Lewis—David A. McManus
Firm announces appointment of next chair
Burges Salmon—Rebecca Wilsker
Director joins corporate team from the US
NEWS
What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection?
Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?
When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ
When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
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