While legaltech cannot and should not promise to be able to alleviate all challenges in closing the access to justice gaps in society, there are ways that it can ensure greater access to justice for vulnerable clients.

Partners reaching the mandatory retirement age often find themselves forced to challenge it as potential age discrimination and/or seek to negotiate a limited extension.

There are many valid complaints that can be made about the Solicitors Regulation Authority, but in my view increasing its fining powers is, on balance, in the interests of all concerned.

The rapid growth of litigation funding has made class actions more feasible. In particular, crowd-based platforms are well placed to help catalyse meritorious class actions and ensure they are run effectively.

We wanted to get a better understanding of the business priorities of legal decision-makers for 2022 and how companies use and value technology as well as which issues are shaping their plans.