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Bringing great legal technology to market is like wrestling an alligator. It takes guts, strength - and a gritty willingness to break a sweat and get a bit dirty. #hipcounsel

Bringing great legal technology to market is like wrestling an alligator. It takes guts, strength - and a gritty willingness to break a sweat and get a bit dirty. #hipcounsel

#LegallyThinking : As Covid-19 goes from a constant headline to a background noise which we have all accepted we must live with, the latter portion of this year looks set to be where the âbattle o ...

Bringing great legal technology to market is like wrestling an alligator. It takes guts, strength - and a gritty willingness to break a sweat and get a bit dirty. #hipcounsel

The intersection of law with other fields, such as UK politics, is growing - perhaps akin to its indivisibility with Politics in DC.

Does anyone know if there have been any Freedom Of Information (FOI) requests filed ...

This year, I find myself staring at that blank space, with no idea what I want to do in 2022. The ongoing pandemic plays a huge role in my ability to set aspirations for the next year.

The purpose of this monthâs column is to divine (with Biblical inspiration!) the direction of travel for civil justice in England and Wales (E&W) to understand whether much vaunted reforms are lik ...

#LegallyThinking : A For the legal world, âback to businessâ is very much what the last few months have been about. However, the number of Covid-19 infections in the UK and around the world are ri ...

âThe case for revisiting the way we charge court fees is based firmly on the need to ensure that Her Majestyâs Court and Tribunal Service (âHMCTSâ) is funded properly to protect the vital principl ...

#LegallyThinking : As Covid-19 goes from a constant headline to a background noise which we have all accepted we must live with, the latter portion of this year looks set to be where the âbattle o ...

Letâs Talk About The Office. . .To start with a disclaimer, this is not an article about the popular TV show that many people have been binge watching since the pandemic began.

âRacing to realisationâ is the apt phrase Nik Carle, FCIArb used to describe recent developments in civil justice reform. He is right to use that phrase.

The acronym KISS stands, as most will know, for Keep It Simple Stupid and was most recently employed, in the context of civil justice reform, by Lord Justice Haddon-Cave when he delivered the Gray ...

#LegallyThinking : A common language for legal tech beckons, but does that mean law firms should give up on the innovation race? by Stuart McMillan

In this monthâs column I look more closely at County Court Online and the Damages Claims Portal to see what they tell us about the nature of the Modernisation Programme.

Our #CafeconLourdes column shines a spotlight on some of the top LatinX leaders in the legal industry. Presented by HPC #HIPCOUNSEL

What better time to announce a dramatic extension of mediation to thousands more civil cases in England and Wales (E&W) than 4.30pm on a Friday?

#LegallyThinking : Sir Geoffrey Vos, newly in post as Master of the Rolls, has made ambitions for his tenure quite clear.

Our #CafeconLourdes column shines a spotlight on some of the top LatinX leaders in the legal industry. Presented by HPC #HIPCOUNSEL

To the University of Hull (virtually, of course) on 26 March 2021 for the launch of the School of Lawâs Mediation Centre and to take in the Master of the Rollsâ robust rhetoric about the future di ...

#LegallyThinking : Online courts are coming to be embedded in the way justice is delivered. Not only that, since the outbreak of Coronavirus, they have changed from a theoretical concept to a way ...

Elizabeth Warren, the senior Senator for Massachusetts, has produced an eye-catching policy proposal for a two cent wealth tax on High Net Worths (HNWs).

#LegallyThinking : The Coronavirus pandemic will soon turn one year old. Of course, it is impossible to know exactly when it came into existence, but in terms of its impact on life as we know it ...

Our #CafeconLourdes column shines a spotlight on some of the top LatinX leaders in the legal industry. Presented by HPC #HIPCOUNSEL

As the song goes, every time it rains, it rains pennies from Heaven. Every CFOâs dream you might think.

#LegallyThinking : What sort of innovation does the legal world need both to progress and keep its clients happy?

Sometimes it is difficult for a multinational corporation to conduct electronic discovery or investigate internal fraud with respect to its operations in Latin America

I woke up on January 1 ready to start the new year. I felt energized, optimistic and engaged. I soon realized that many people did not share my enthusiasm for 2021

When about to start or defend a Court case there are only three questions you need answered: How much will it cost? How long will it take? Will I win?

On 14 July 2020, President Trump signed Hong Kong Autonomy Act (HKAA) providing for mandatory sanctions against individuals, entities, and financial institutions in response to China's National Se ...

Hedge fund industry assets will reach an all-time high in 2021 driven by one of the largest positive net inflows into the hedge fund industry in over a decade.

#LegallyThinking 2021: AI: use and abuse â what does it mean for the future of law? Published by High Performance Counsel (HPC) #hipcounsel

As this is my first Christmas contribution for the #GuiseonJustice column it seemed appropriate to pick a Seasonal theme. What better than to offer a cracker â that staple of Christmas dinner tab ...

#LegallyThinking 2021: The Year Cloud Computing Comes Of Age? by Stuart McMillan. Published by High Performance Counsel (HPC) #hipcounsel

I coined the phrase when we first launched High Performance Counsel: the three horses of the legal apocalypse. These stood for data, tech and finance - in any order. The power in these elements in ...

New Skills for a New Era by HPC Feature Columnist Christine Castellano | #CallingOnChristine is presented by High Performance Counsel (HPC) #hipcounsel

Law Firms Should Tap Into External Cybersecurity Expertise By Chuck Brooks Presented by High Performance Counsel (HPC) Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International, is a globally rec ...