You cannot open a newspaper at the moment without realising that the constitution of the UK is – to put it at its lowest – contested. The relationship of international law and the national powers of the government; the ethical responsibilities of a Prime Minister; the Nolan Principles of Public Life; the accountability of the … Continue reading JUSTICE, THE UK CONSTITUTION AND WALES
A unifying thread for the second day of the Legal Services Corporation’s Innovations in Technology conference might be ‘process’. A word of caution here. A fellow delegate tweeted about yesterday’s piece on the first day. This, he said, ’gave me a look at an entirely different conference from the one that I’m attending’. He did … Continue reading Process, scientific methodology and the empirical approach: Day Two of the Legal Services Corporation’s Innovations in Technology conference
The standout theme of the first day of the Legal Services Corporation’s technology conference for me was the power of video. There could be a personal judgement with a degree of confirmation bias (I identified this as one of the five big trends in access to justice and technology in a piece earlier this week). … Continue reading The Power of Video: Day 1 of the 2021 Innovations in Technology Conference
It is January. The media (legal as much as general) is full of predictions for the next year. For our purposes, let us assume that this is too short a time frame to be meaningful. For a start, much investment in access to justice comes from public funds and they are going to be in … Continue reading Five years – Five Trends: Technology and Access to Justice in 2026
This is a lightly edited version of a presentation to an International Legal Aid Group (ILAG) webinar last week. It may be helpful to begin by making explicit the basis on which I am talking. You are getting the view of a UK lawyer from a not for profit sector background with a practical interest in … Continue reading Technology, Access to Justice and Covid 19: the Mustard Approach