THIS ISSUE
Recruitment and retention, alongside monitoring the global political and economic situation, are the main threats facing the legal sector, according to a report launched this week at the International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Miami.
It will take more than 120 years for women, Black and Asian people to be proportionately represented within the judiciary if the current rate of progress continues.
The latest Lord Chancellor, Dominic Raab will take his oath this week at the Royal Courts of Justice.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, has highlighted the shortage of judges and poor condition of buildings.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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 boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
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
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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