Features

The law will have to radically adapt to the way new digital technologies are changing not only the use and exploitation of property but even its definition, writes Nick De Marco KC 

The North Eastern Circuit Leader on his trailblazing career, turbulent early years of practice and his mission to equip all barristers, regardless of their characteristics, with the opportunity to thrive. Interview by Glenn Parsons  

The Vice Chair-elect of the Bar talks to Michael V Sternberg KC about her election (and how she got there), why it is now time to raise the voice of the Family Bar, and her continued drive for equality, diversity and inclusion 

Will generative AI significantly impact the work of barristers? Graham Denholm investigates what it might mean for the Bar 

PJ Kirby KC, self-confessed technophobe, considers why barristers are reluctant to embrace data and analytics, whether we should be doing more with data, and how others in the litigation process are using it 

Legal innovation or risky business? asks Aaron Mayers 

Discriminatory algorithms, AI hallucinations and data privacy – Sara Ibrahim looks at the key risks for lawyers 

An elegant experiment – but what does the Tokyo AI mock trial actually show? ask William Blair and Takashi Kubota* 

The Bar stands to gain by aligning its use of AI with improvements in access to justice and our working lives, write Harry Hodgkin and Stephen Ward 

‘Every Day Gender Equality’ at Freshfields has changed culture, fostered allyship and triggered other initiatives. Chantelle Nicholas, Jenny Leahy and Rachel Brooks share its key points with the Bar