Author: Nick Hilborne

This post was originally published on this siteFDR Law, a general practice bought by Taylor Rose in 2021, has been relaunched as a specialist property law firm for self-employed consultants. The post Full-service law firm relaunched as consultant-led property specialist appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe International Legal Technology Association has published a draft best practice guide for the use in e-discovery of active learning, which it hopes will be officially endorsed. The post Guide sets out “consistent process” for AI approach to e-discovery appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteCharging law firms fees of £250 per case to bring complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service could make volume complaints “unmanageable”, the Law Society has warned. The post Charging law firms £250 “makes volume FOS claims unmanageable” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAn “all-rounder” KC with 56 years of experience as a barrister will become the Lord Chief Justice of Tonga next month and president of its Land Court. The post “All-rounder” silk to become Lord Chief Justice of Tonga appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has struck out a counterclaim brought by a law firm that “deliberately maintained a discreet silence” until the claim against it was “done and dusted”. The post Judge strikes out law firm’s counterclaim over “warehousing” appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThere is “far too much lip service” paid to the rules on the content of witness statements and litigants should not presume that breaking them “will not have consequences”, a judge has warned. The post “Too much lip service” paid to rules on witness statements appeared first on […]

This post was originally published on this siteProviders of legal software are stopping law firms from integrating their systems by failing to provide the APIs they need to do it, a panel discussion has heard. The post Legal software providers preventing firms from integrating systems appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteActions filed at the Competition Appeals Tribunal encompass a staggering 544m class members, the equivalent of 8.1 actions for each person in the UK. The post Eight opt-out class actions per person in the UK, research finds appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe SRA is contacting a group of immigration and asylum solicitors whose training records did not provide “sufficient assurances” that they are maintaining their competence. The post SRA to contact dozens of immigration solicitors over competence appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteTwo solicitors and their brother have been granted an interim injunction by the High Court after a neighbour made “defamatory allegations” to one of their employers. The post Solicitors granted injunction against neighbour who targeted employer appeared first on Legal Futures.