Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7958

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