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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.

I was six days into the Camino Portuguese, revelling in the simplicity of walking every day, cathartically clearing my head of long held baggage, when it happened.

As the A-level results scandal in 2020 proved, scrutinising the ever-increasing use of algorithms and big data by government is essential in ensuring they operate fairly, lawfully and without bias.

The way in which partnership profits are assessed is set to change with the introduction of Making Tax Digital, and the intention is that the basis period will change.

Every solicitor knows that an undertaking is serious stuff. Arguably it is the greatest power available to a solicitor – a promise, if broken, that will lead to immediate and serious consequences for the giver.

The coronavirus pandemic has plunged many litigators head-first into a new world of digital case management, and virtual and hybrid hearings.