Author: Dan Bindman

This post was originally published on this siteThe old ‘tap on the shoulder’ system of appointing judges would have yielded better diversity for ethnic minority lawyers than the current system, Labour MP David Lammy has claimed. The post Lammy: ‘Tap on the shoulder’ better for judicial diversity than JAC appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA niche ABS owned by a global insurance giant plans to take its service advising large companies on self-insurance schemes to other countries in which its parent operates. The post Self-insurance ABS plans overseas expansion within global group appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAn online dispute resolution platform would help solve the problem of late payment debt by providing SMEs with a quick and cheap alternative to traditional lawyer-based solutions. The post Major study proposes ODR to handle small business debt cases appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteClients should be put at the heart of legal technology by law firms, including being asked for consent before artificial intelligence is deployed, solicitors have been told. The post Law Society: Solicitors must not use AI without clients’ consent appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAccess to judicial data should be made easier to increase public trust, while fears it will be used to create accurate predictions of what judges will do are overblown, a seminar heard last week. The post Fears about using judicial data to predict judges’ actions “exaggerated” appeared first […]

This post was originally published on this siteA family law practice started by two solicitors has divorced the Bar Standards Board as its regulator and taken up with the Solicitors Regulation Authority after difficulties beset the relationship. The post Law firm swaps regulator after enduring “bumpy journey” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA competitive bidding website saw a threefold increase in business last year, as solicitors and clients flooded online during the lockdowns, it has emerged. The post Lawyer-matching site: “Business tripled when everybody moved online” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteLawyers have been reluctant to engage with technology partly because law firm partners haven’t given junior staff enough time to learn how it can help them, according to a government-backed report. The post City lawyers “need help from their firms” to engage with technology appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteA global law firm’s post-pandemic plan to compulsorily limit office attendance will stop women working remotely suffering from present colleagues receiving better assignments. The post Office attendance limit “will avoid new type of presenteeism” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteTrainee lawyers in future may do their legal training by using immersive virtual reality software simulating the practice environment, like astronauts preparing for space, Professor Richard Susskind has predicted. The post Susskind: ‘trainees will learn like astronauts – with virtual reality’ appeared first on Legal Futures.