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30 Jun 2023

Legal sector must play an integral role in the advancement and regulation of AI

“We encourage the Government to adopt a nuanced, balanced approach to the development and use of AI with the legal sector, to enable the profession to make the most of these technologies,” said Law Society President Lubna Shuja.

30 Jun 2023

Increase in ‘hybrid’ scams

Fraudsters are often based overseas compounding the difficulty of redress via criminal means or otherwise

30 Jun 2023

Google BSB survey of sanctions compliance at the Commercial Bar finds good levels of compliance but room for improvement in some areas

The BSB welcomes the intention of the Bar Council to issue guidance to help ensure consistency in ensuring compliance with the sanctions regime across the profession.

29 Jun 2023

Economic Crime Bill: Lord Bellamy supports proportionate regulatory objective

Lord Bellamy's statement in the House of Lords (27 June) has emphasised and agreed with many points made by the Law Society as the Economic Crime Bill reached Report Stage.

29 Jun 2023

4 months to go until UK Pro Bono Week

With just over four months to go until the UK's Pro Bono Week, organisers today announce details of the programme with a series of events and discussions uniting the legal profession to make a lasting societal impact around three cross-cutting themes:

29 Jun 2023

Burges Salmon named a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for third year in a row

Burges Salmon leads the field in working towards gender equality

29 Jun 2023

Constantine Law Boosts Employment Practice as Agile Firm Hires Second Employment Partner in a Month

Lucy Bloom joins Constantine Law from Osborne & Wise to be the eighth employment partner

28 Jun 2023

High Court confirms three fresh inquests in Gosport War Memorial Hospital case

The inquests will take place into the deaths of Arthur Denis Brian Cunningham, Gladys Mabel Richards and Robert Wilson who all died at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in Hampshire in 1998.