June 30th, 2021
In July last year, the SRA published a report by the Bridge Group highlighting the diversity challenges around solicitor admission. This report challenged the SRA to gather and make available data relating to diversity and inclusion as the SQE is rolled out over the coming years. The Central Applications Board (CAB) 2020 annual report on the 15,000 […]
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March 24th, 2021
This short report summarises the findings from a directory of legal regulators which we prepared for the International Bar Association. The report picks out a number of interesting trends in the world of legal regulation including shifts towards national regulation and greater harmonisation in federal systems, as well as movement towards greater openness to foreign […]
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March 24th, 2021
Legal services underpin all economic and social activity in societies across the world. The World Bank’s Global Governance Index defines the rule of law as: “the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, […]
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March 24th, 2021
In our previous articles on technology and the legal sector (here and here), we outlined some of the ways in which law firms have adopted tech to deliver greater innovation, increased efficiency, and to provide further value to their clients. Although many firms embraced, and actively publicised, their implementation of cutting-edge technology – ranging from Robotic Process […]
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March 24th, 2021
The Parliamentary International Trade Committee launched an inquiry concerning UK trade in services examining the main barriers faced by UK services exporters, how the UK should seek to liberalise international trade in services, including negotiating international agreements, and potential domestic policy implication. Our response on the legal services sector was published in March and we […]
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March 24th, 2021
The idea that technology might have a disruptive impact on the provision of legal services is not new. Concerns were raised about the impact on legal practice of fax machines in the 1980s, the internet in the 1990s and the Cloud in the 2000s. Technology offers the potential to crack seemingly intractable problems in the […]
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March 24th, 2021
In our first article on the interface of technology and law, we considered the different ways in which technology could be deployed to deliver greater value to clients, to implement cybersecurity measures and to increase innovation and efficiency in processes. In 2018 – 2019, we expect the impact of technology to continue to grow and drive ongoing […]
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March 24th, 2021
At Hook Tangaza we are interested in the interface of law and technology and how this impacts on the delivery of legal services globally. Technology is facilitating the trade in cross-border legal services, helping firms reach a larger client base and providing consumers with a broader market of legal specialists and tools with which to […]
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March 24th, 2021
We contributed a chapter on professional services to a new World Bank Group report which draws attention to the previously uncharted opportunities for services trade in Africa. Our chapter explores the role that mutual recognition agreements have played in promoting cross border trade in professional services and draws lessons for other regions looking to use similar […]
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March 24th, 2021
A free guide for universities and law schools The purpose of this guide In 2018, the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced the proposed introduction of a new training and qualification regime for solicitors in England and Wales. This new regime is expected to come into force in Autumn 2021. This report is designed for universities […]
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