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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
20 June 2023
Legal ethics meets AI: How firms should chart a path
The government recently announced that it will be hosting the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on the safe use of AI. This could not come at a more important time as the world seeks to unpick the conundrum of AI both in terms of the challenges it throws up and opportunities it presents.
16 June 2023
Social media use for RICS Members: it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
As a RICS Member, you will be well aware of the need to act with integrity in your role, whether it be valuing or developing land, communicating with clients or protecting client money. But what about your comment on an amusing article on Linked In on your commute home from work, or that late Saturday night Tweet on an issue that’s been bothering you all week? Could your social media comments have any impact on your professional standing?
12 June 2023
Navigating litigation: what’s reserved?
The High Court has provided welcome guidance on what exactly constitutes the conduct of litigation: Iain Miller & Charlotte Judd examine this perilously grey area of the law
5 June 2023
World Environment Day: The Challenges Facing Law Firms
Today being UN World Environment Day, no doubt many law firms and their employees will be reflecting on how they can do more in this important area.
Others are also reflecting on how to do more. Climate change is moving up the agenda of legal regulators worldwide and into the world of legal ethics. That will have an impact for all law firms.
26 May 2023
FRC’s Scalebox: a welcome helping hand for mid-tier firms
Yesterday the FRC launched the pithily-titled “Scalebox” initiative to help smaller firms which carry out audits in the Public Interest Equity (PIE) market. Firms within Tier 2 and Tier 3 for FRC Supervision and those firms which intend to enter the PIE audit market can now join the Scalebox to receive additional guidance from the FRC.
