Net-Defence has launched The Signal, a free advice and resource hub designed to help businesses understand emerging risks and strengthen organisational resilience through practical guidance, insight, videos, events and resources.
AI is transforming legal practice, but it also introduces significant data protection, confidentiality and professional conduct risks. This guide explains how law firms can adopt AI responsibly while complying with UK GDPR and safeguarding client information.
Compliance is no longer about what you say. It’s about what you can demonstrate. For many law firms, compliance has become increasingly complex. There are regulatory obligations to satisfy, client requirements to meet, insurers asking tougher questions, supplier risks to manage, and an ever-growing list of cyber and operational threats to consider. At the same […]
AI-powered legal drafting is helping law firms reduce administrative burden, accelerate document creation, and improve efficiency. Discover how intelligent drafting tools are transforming legal workflows while keeping lawyers firmly in control.
The High Court’s decision in Raine v JD Wetherspoon clarifies when spoken disclosures can amount to data processing. This article compares Raine and Scott and explains why information retrieved from records is treated differently from memory-only disclosures.
Mental health awareness in law is growing, but awareness alone does not improve performance. Discover why wellbeing, leadership and psychological safety directly influence decision-making, risk management and long-term success in law firms.
(Judicial review – police use of facial recognition technology in London – Shaun Thompson and another v The Metropolitan Police Commissioner (2026) EWHC 915 (Admin)) The Recognition Software The Metropolitan Police Service (“MPS”) adopted live facial recognition technology (“LFR”) in September 2024. Under its policy, the technology is used across London to prevent and detect […]
The Cyber Essentials 2026 updates introduce stricter rules on MFA, patch management and cloud services. Learn what businesses must do to remain compliant.
Micromanagement in the legal sector is not always obvious, but small repeated actions can affect confidence, wellbeing and team culture. This article explores why it happens, the impact it can have, and how managers can build trust instead.
Co-managed IT services help organisations support stretched internal teams by adding specialist expertise and capacity. This flexible model improves efficiency, strengthens security, and enables teams to focus on strategic priorities without losing control.
Deepfakes are no longer theoretical for the legal sector. They pose real risks to evidence, fraud prevention, data protection and professional responsibility, requiring firms to rethink verification, governance and trust in an AI-driven environment.
AI is making the billable hour obsolete, replacing time with outcomes as the measure of value. But value-based pricing only works with clear scope, structure and metrics. Firms and clients that adapt operationally can reduce inefficiency, remove admin burden and align incentives around results.
As AI and workflow automation transform professional documentation, dictation remains a powerful tool for capturing expertise. Rather than competing, automation and dictation increasingly work together to improve efficiency, accuracy, and the overall quality of documentation.
A Chronicle Law webinar explores the legal and compliance considerations for law firms recording calls and meetings and communicating with clients via WhatsApp, including UK GDPR requirements, consent, and best practice for managing messaging communications.
AI is reshaping dictation and transcription as organisations move from on-premises systems to secure cloud platforms. By delivering faster turnaround, higher accuracy, and reduced infrastructure burden, cloud-based AI enables smarter, more efficient document workflows.
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