What Law Firms Need to Know About ICO Governance Changes On 30 September 2026, the Information Commissioner’s Office will formally become the Information Commission. The change is made under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and marks a shift from the current model, in which statutory powers rest…
Cyber-attacks against law firms are becoming increasingly prevalent and are no longer a hypothetical risk to be addressed at some point in the future. Firms of all sizes are being targeted, and the consequences run from regulatory scrutiny and reputational damage through to direct financial loss and the inability to…
Contact Form Compliance and DUAA Marketing Rules In our recent article, Is Your Website and Complaint Procedure Compliant with the New DUAA Rules?, we set out the changes the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) has brought in for cookies, complaints handling, and Data Subject Access Requests. One area…
A recent judgment published by the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber has highlighted concerns about the use of open-source artificial intelligence tools in legal practice, warning lawyers against putting client documents into ChatGPT. The ruling, arising from two immigration matters involving fictitious case citations, contains explicit warnings about the…