Increasing demand for ‘hot’ areas of law inspires opportunist law firms to hire more specialists to add to their firepower – the right people at the right time. Yet this is a big ask.

Learning has come a long way since I qualified. There’s a lot more knowledge available about how students learn and how different students learn differently. It’s not one-size-fits-all anymore.

I have spent a long time working in innovating technology successfully. This has been in various sectors and technologies, and I have recently been reflecting on why this is.

A new regime for trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts took effect on 6 April this year, with the aim of refocusing witness statements so that they fulfil their core function.

It’s incumbent on law firms to think about new more productive and cost-effective ways of working throughout the lifecycle of a case, while also keeping an eye on how things will change.