THIS ISSUE
Behind the polished exterior, many lawyers are running on empty: Annmarie Carvalho weighs up the emotional cost of legal practice
Discover how legal market intelligence builds on rankings, using legal data insights and analytics to drive smarter strategy, growth and competitive advantage
Artificial intelligence, proportionality & purpose are under the spotlight in the latest round-up by the team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
John Gould examines whether the current regime for solicitor-client fee disputes has outlived its purpose
Progress or missed promise? Sarah Bunn considers the practical impact of the Act & the persistence of ‘pro-contact culture’ in the family court
The English law of equity is growing in value as the courts deal with digital assets, writes Brian Patrick Bolger
Laura Tanguay on what a recent decision teaches us about handshake deals & property ownership
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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