21st March - Law News

2641st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: William Singer, known as Rick, is at the center of a major college admissions scandal. A series of videos posted on his YouTube account reveals some of the advice he gave to students.

Focus of the Day Article: The Legal Aid Agency has been testing technology that enables it to inspect a client’s bank account to speed up assessments of financial means. Malcolm Bryant, head of high cost civil complex cases, told the Gazette that the ‘open banking technology’ was tested in a safe environment and the agency is now ‘moving to some live cases’. Bryant spoke about the project at a Westminster Legal Policy Forum on legal aid this morning. The project is part of the agency’s ‘transformation programme’, a blueprint for what the agency wants to look like by 2020. Bryant said UK citizens are much more digital now than they have ever been and the agency must ensure it can mirror their digital expectations.

Full story: The Law Sociey Gazette

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