The general industry consensus is that multiple new entrants will continue to enter the litigation funding market, attracted by what they perceive as the potential gains and the lack of barriers to entry.

The pandemic has seen a significant increase in the number of international mediations that have taken place online. As more countries sign-up to the Singapore Convention, this trend is likely to increase.

In 2018, PwC suggested that AI threatened 30% of jobs in the UK. Much of the discussion on the introduction of AI and the potential effects on the legal sector is equally negative.

Lawyers who can manage their documents from creation to completion are becoming increasingly important for firms, particularly if a firm has a remote or distributed workforce.

A flurry of headlines and agitated comments was perhaps predictable when a draft policy paper before the Legal Services Board raised the prospect of firms being forced to sign up to online review sites.