English law post-Brexit
Law Society president Nick Emmerson speaks to City A.M. about the continued issues facing English lawyers after Brexit.
He said that English law is a “dominant force in a lot of the European jurisdictions, but post-Brexit, the brakes were put on… so we need to get those brakes released.”
“I was in Greece in September, and it’s still not lawful for English and Welsh lawyers to practise English law in Greece. When you think that that’s a huge maritime hub and many City-based maritime insurers and others want contracts under English law, it is a big problem.”
AI and judges
The Independent and ABC News report that the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said AI could help write opinions, but warned it shouldn’t be used for research or legal analyses because the technology can fabricate information and provide misleading, inaccurate and biased information.
At our Dispute Resolution Conference, Lord Justice Birss, deputy head of civil justice and member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, said: “I asked ChatGPT can you give me a summary of this area of law, and it gave me a paragraph. I know what the answer is because I was about to write a paragraph that said that, but it did it for me and I put it in my judgment. It’s there and it’s jolly useful.”
Neurodiversity in the profession
Martin Whitehorn, one of our 2023 Legal Heroes, speaks to the Legally Speaking Podcast about his role in improving neurodiversity within the legal profession.
Also worth a read:
- Post Office: Lawyers in the frame – Gazette
- 1m signatures for petition to have former Post Office CEO’s CBE removed – Chester Standard
- MPs vow to fast-track appeals of Post Office Horizon scandal victims – BBC News & Guardian
- Chris Mason on the Post Office Horizon Scandal – BBC News
- Post Office Horizon Scandal: Who is responsible? – Times (£)
- Horizon was ‘computer says no’ on a vast scale – Times (£)
- Axiom Ince: Five Law Societies call for compensation cap – Gazette
- Axiom Ince: SRA hires more staff to handle claims – Legal Futures