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Writing in NLJ this week, Clare Hughes-Williams and Sam Kneebone, partners at DAC Beachcroft, warn that while artificial intelligence (AI) can boost efficiency, it also poses serious risks if misused

Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a lawyer: Clare Hughes-Williams & Sam Kneebone spell out the importance of human oversight

An ‘NHS 111’ for legal services could save the system £72m in five years, the Law Society has said

The Law Society’s 200th anniversary tour of the country rolled into London this week

High stakes litigation requires careful media management, writes James Lynch, partner, Maltin PR, in this week’s NLJ

James Lynch, a partner at Maltin PR, explains why the role of public relations experts is becoming increasingly critical in litigation

The number of law firm mergers has fallen 25% in the past year—possibly due to partners delaying retirement in the hope of a private equity buyout

Clients are paying more for legal services, but have more pricing transparency and a greater selection of remote options available

What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on our jobs? How will it shape the delivery of legal services? In this week’s NLJ, Bernadette Bulacan, chief evangelist, Icertis, writes that ‘the legal industry stands at a pivotal moment for transformation’ as gen AI, autonomous agents and large language models begin ‘reshaping how legal teams operate'

Bernadette Bulacan on how AI is reshaping the sector

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CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

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NLJ this week: Motor finance faces £11bn reckoning

The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers

NLJ this week: Gold on Awaab’s Law & digital divorce

In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives

NLJ this week: AI in the dock—courts need literacy, not fear

Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Landlords lose their upward climb

James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights

NLJ this week: Privy Council undresses the ‘shareholder rule’

Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments

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Legal services

MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin