Legal affairs

Thomas Alan

A £20m government fund for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analysis in law, accounting and insurance is…

Dominic Carman

‘The Middle East. We will try to make it better, but it is a troubled place’: the words of Donald…

Tom Baker

Disputes reform is picking up pace as a working party to tackle ‘much-needed’ reforms around witness statements is endorsed by…

Guest Blog

Evidence before the Women and Equalities Committee last week (28 March) paints a worrying picture of ethics in the legal…

Catherine Wycherley

It has been a turbulent few years for many of those in the upper echelons of Brazilian politics and business.…

Dominic Carman

Global stock markets rose by 22% in 2017, according to the Morgan Stanley Capital International index of bourses. Meanwhile, the…

Catherine Wycherley

Darren Jones discusses leaving his role at telecoms giant BT to sit in the UK Parliament Many were surprised when…

Chris Crowe

Russia’s propensity for volatility is infamous. Since its revolution 100 years ago, it has lived through events that the Soviet…

Tom Baker

As the contents of the Paradise Papers soaks up column inches worldwide, the profession has offered a mixed response so…

Alex Novarese

Despite post-Brexit challenges to the UK’s legal market and persistent concerns over court funding, confidence remains high among commercial practitioners…

Kathryn McCann

As expected – or feared – implementing the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a mammoth task for some…

Marco Cillario

What a difference a few hundred miles can make: an election not resulting in a clear majority; a government polling…

Tom Baker

Throwing a lifeline to the increasingly eroded principle of legal professional privilege (LPP), Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has this…

Georgiana Tudor

This year’s Legal Business 100 coincides with the most inauspicious of anniversaries after a year with the most inauspicious of…

Tom Baker

In a further setback for insurers hoping to take advantage of the post-Legal Services Act landscape, Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society…

Tom Baker

As the profession’s liberal wing casts a sceptical eye over the Bar’s lack of diversity, former Linklaters capital markets partner…

Tom Baker

City disputes partners have responded cautiously to proposals put forward by Lord Justice Jackson to extend the fixed recoverable costs…

Marco Cillario

UK law firms have reported a record 45 cases of cyber thefts to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in the…

Alex Novarese

The Supreme Court has gained its first female head with Lady Hale today (21 July) confirmed as its new president alongside three…

Marco Cillario

The hopes of the UK’s largest legal watchdog of being separated from the Law Society appear to have been dashed,…