TLT’s legal tech kit that can advise not just triage
An innovative solution from TLT and US tech group LegalSifter can slash lawyers’ BAU admin burden, but it can also do so much more
DWF reels in former Lucozade GC ahead of next year’s IPO
DWF has made its most high-profile hire since the news of the firm’s intended IPO broke earlier this year.
Career clinic: I’m too busy to look for a new job but want a change. How can I find time?
This month, we asked leading lawyers at Mayer Brown and Kettle Foods for their thoughts on job applications.
Macfarlanes highest-paid profits reach nearly £4m
UK-headquartered firms are beginning to file their LLPs for 2017/18, with Macfarlanes and Linklaters the latest to reveal the financial state of their businesses.
HMRC releases long awaited guidance on how cryptoassets will be taxed on individuals
Addressing the broken business rates system
CEOs of more than 50 high street retailers have today written to the Chancellor calling for reform on the ‘broken business rates system’. Business rates have, they say, increased by over 50% since the 1990s and are in part responsible for the collapse of some high street brands. Collyer Bristow, whose clients include many retailers […]
Are non-doms really leaving the UK?
By Aidan Grant The new figures released by HMRC are not surprising given the tax legislation that has been introduced steadily over the last 10 or so years, which has been designed to attack the tax regime available to non-domiciliaries resident in the UK. That said, the “non-dom” regime is still a very effective planning […]
Should inheritance tax be simplified?
By Aidan Grant The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a number of recommendations for how inheritance tax (IHT) could be amended and simplified. While these amendments do not go so far as to shake the foundations of the tax itself, nevertheless the proposals would require all practitioners to come to terms with the […]
It’s time to AI-xplain
By Imogen Jones The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in a collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute (The Turing) has created Project ExplAInto which aims to create practical guidance to assist organisations with explaining artificial intelligence (AI) decisions to the individuals affected. The ICO and The Turing conducted public research to gather information about the views […]
Which parent died first and why does it matter?
By Aidan Gtant Whilst the Evening Standard is correct that the law that is being relied on in this case is “little-used”, prudent Will-drafters should always take care to consider the impact of the commorientes rule on clients and, where possible, take advantage of the potential tax benefits. The commorientes rule determines the ownership of assets where two (or […]
TLT’s legal tech kit that can advise not just triage
An innovative solution from TLT and US tech group LegalSifter can slash lawyers’ BAU admin burden, but it can also do so much more
DWF reels in former Lucozade GC ahead of next year’s IPO
DWF has made its most high-profile hire since the news of the firm’s intended IPO broke earlier this year.
Career clinic: I’m too busy to look for a new job but want a change. How can I find time?
This month, we asked leading lawyers at Mayer Brown and Kettle Foods for their thoughts on job applications.
Macfarlanes highest-paid profits reach nearly £4m
UK-headquartered firms are beginning to file their LLPs for 2017/18, with Macfarlanes and Linklaters the latest to reveal the financial state of their businesses.
No5 Barristers’ Chambers sees fines over false claims reduced for juice bar and its owner
Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers has represented a juice bar and its owner at appeal securing a reduction in their fines imposed due to bogus health claims, which had totalled more than £8,000. Pure and Raw juice bar, in Leamington Spa, and its director Ravinder Aujla had both pleaded guilty earlier this year to 12 […]
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The speed read: Reynen Court arrives; Goodwin keeps hiring and Burford’s IPO dilemma
It’s been a week that litigation funder Burford Capital would rather forget, while legal tech providers have flocked to offer services on the new “one stop” solution for the industry. Here are the key takeaways. Reynen Court’s one-stop shop still has much to prove Reynen Court, the platform claiming to be a “one-stop” tech solution […]
Fieldfisher’s top of equity soars to over £4m
Fieldfisher‘s top of equity has seen a record-breaking rise in the financial year 2018/19, growing by 34 per cent from the previous year’s £3.2m, The Lawyer has learned. The firm’s equity spread last year ranged from £250,000 to the new high of £4.3m, creating a considerable differential. The record rise comes as the previous year […]
Linklaters debuts new tech to trawl through historical data
Linklaters has developed new technology to reduce the amount of time taken to search through the firm’s massive amounts of historical legal documents. The tool, called MatterExplorer, is an artificial intelligence solution conceived as a knowledge management system. During the development process, consultants from iManage RAVN collaborated with the firm’s technology team. MatterExplorer digs out and […]
Investors put pressure on Burford’s AIM listing after damning Muddy Waters report
Litigation funder Burford Capital is considering whether to pursue an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ, after investors said they did not support it remaining solely-AIM listed. The funder, which found itself at the centre of a damning report published by Muddy Waters last week, has been listed on the London Stock […]
More than 90 tech providers due to sign up to Reynen Court’s new platform
Reynen Court, the platform claiming to be a “one-stop” tech solution for the legal industry, has officially launched to market with nearly 50 providers already offering services including Elevate, Neota Logic and Eigen Technologies. The start-up, whose development was boosted by a consortium of 19 law firms, has struck deals with a plethora of external […]
High Court sides with Pinsents in bust-up over billings
Pinsent Masons has succeeded in its application to overturn a previous decision made by a judge, as the firm finds itself embroiled in a billings dispute with a former client. The dispute centres around bills sent by Pinsents to Rafaela Evans, whom sought advice from the firm between 2016 and 2017. Evans wished to appeal […]