Legal Heroes
Gazette (pgs. 18-19) writes about the five winners of the Law Society’s Legal Heroes awards and their contributions to the legal profession.
Anti-fraud compliance
CDR (£) reports that companies will have until 1 September 2025 to ensure their anti-fraud compliance frameworks are up to scratch.
Law Society of England and Wales president Richard Atkinson also highlighted the government effort to build on previous legislation tackling white-collar crime, adding: “Similar to the and – which is used for tax evasion – law firms are expected to have reasonable fraud prevention procedures in place.”
Pro Bono Awards
Law Careers reports that LawWorks has announced the shortlist for its 2024 Pro Bono Awards. Among this year’s judges is Mark Evans, vice president of the Law Society.
Legal Tech
Legal IT Insider analyses how the global legal tech landscape can navigate a Trump administration.
Christina Blacklaws, former Law Society president, said: “I’m not sure there will be any significant impact. There are quite a number of North American Lawtech founders who have deliberately, pre-election, set up in the UK due to benign regulatory environment and the great support for the industry from government.”
Also worth a read:
- Law firm closures rise sharply as SRA oversight intensifies – Solicitors Journal
- Children at risk of being wrongly removed from parents’ care by the family courts - Guardian
- ‘Cultural clash’ involving commercial lawyers has been blamed for delaying compensation for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal - Gazette
- Family members and employees of post office branch owners may be allowed to apply for Horizon IT scandal compensation - Guardian
- Bolt drivers win UK tribunal claim over 'workers' employment status - Reuters
- Judges unite to establish a global support network - Gazette
- New benchmarking surveys paint a picture of business optimism in law firms - Gazette
- City law firms to see corporate crime work rise – Solicitors Journal
- Home Office officials doubt Labour small boats plan – inews (£)
- AI tool could influence Home Office immigration decisions - Guardian
- Starmer urged to ditch Brexit trade barriers, in order to offset the impact of Trump’s tariffs - Independent