Lack of Web Scraping Regulations Hurts Progress
Web scraping is something enigmatic in the public’s eye. It’s not entirely surprising – every innovative solution takes some time before it’s understood and accepted.
BSB appoints new lay Board member
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of Gisela Abbam FRSA MBA as a new lay Board member. Gisela Abbam is a
Bar Council engages Government on legal panels diversity
Government legal panels are lacking in diversity, says a new report published by the Bar Council today. The Bar Council – which represents all barristers in
Economic Crime Bill may confuse the role of lawyers, says Bar Council
Provisions in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (published today) to add a regulatory objective to the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) may be
BSB launches digital comparison tool pilot
The BSB today launches a 12-month digital comparison tool (DCT) pilot. DCTs allow consumers to locate and select service providers, using a range of criteria such
Lack of Web Scraping Regulations Hurts Progress
Web scraping is something enigmatic in the public’s eye. It’s not entirely surprising – every innovative solution takes some time before it’s understood and accepted.
BSB publishes two new research reports on Bar vocational training providers’ equality and diversity policies and practices, and on students’ experiences on Bar training courses
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published two new research reports, the first looking at Bar training providers’ approaches to equality and diversity and the
Cryptoassets: A risk for asset concealment?
By Joe Ferguson, family law solicitor at JMW Solicitors, a top-100 law firm with a specialist digital assets offering for commercial and individual clients. Clients
Law Commission proposals on Corporate Criminal Liability
On 10 June 2022, the Law Commission published an options paper for the Government on how it can improve the law to ensure that corporations
Money Laundering and Law Enforcement: The Options for UK Investigators
John Binns, partner in the financial crime team at BCL Solicitors LLP analyses the broad range of law enforcement powers available to tackle suspected money
Computer Evidence: presume nothing, trust no software or data, engage an expert. Costly? Just look at the cost if you don’t.
Challenging the reliability of AI and other complex multi-connected intelligent computer systems will become of fundamental importance as businesses and society move rapidly towards a
Opening up the doors – why law firms shouldn’t hide away
Opening up the office doors again to clients’ in this so-called ‘new normal’ may appear to be going against the grain for some. However, as
PARALEGAL ASSISTANCE WHEN A CLIENT GOES TO COURT
Courts are not unsympathetic to the challenges faced by the litigant in person (LIP), but that does not mean that the courts are minded
Special Guardianship Orders – Reviewing the Journey so far
Special Guardianship is a legal status introduced by the Adoption and Children Act 2002. A Special Guardianship Order fits broadly between a Child Arrangements
Kathryn Stone OBE appointed as the new Chair of the Bar Standards Board
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced that Kathryn Stone OBE will succeed the Rt Hon the Baroness Blackstone as its new Chair on
LSB competence statement ‘a solution in search of a problem’, says Bar Council
The Legal Services Board has published a new statutory statement of policy on ongoing competence, setting out the outcomes that the legal services regulators should meet.
BSB publishes two new reports on transparency rules
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published two new reports on compliance with the regulator’s transparency rules and the impact on consumers of these
Covid Fraud: A costly and long-lasting side-effect of the pandemic
The issue of Covid-related fraud seems to have been with us nearly as long as the virus itself. It almost seems as if the loss
Bar Council hails new measures helping domestic abuse victims in family and civil courts
The Bar Council welcomes a new measure banning alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse from cross-examining their alleged victims in family and civil courts. The change