I asked my teenage nephew, Maks Inkster (age 18), for his views on the metaverse. He has spent more than 3,000 hours using virtual reality (VR). So, I think he should be fairly expert on the subject. As a teenager what is your view on the word ‘metaverse’? When I hear the word metaverse I…
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Law is a Buyer’s Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm ~ Reviewed
Reading the introduction to ‘Law is a Buyer’s Market – Building a Client-First Law Firm’ by Jordan Furlong I began to wonder whether I should simply stop reading and leave it at that. This is because Jordan warns the reader that he has narrowed down the focus of his book. He was not writing for…
Chats with Legal Chatbots ~ Episode 1 : The Global Legal Hackathon and LawDroid
This is a series I have had in mind for a little while since I experimented, a few months ago, having chats with some legal chatbots. Apparently chatbots are the next big thing. In my Legal Technology/IT Predictions for 2018 I blogged:- The big thing in 2018 will be for law firms to start introducing…
Notarising and Grass Cutting – Providing flexible and accessible legal services
… Yesterday (Friday) afternoon a potential new client called my law firm, Inksters, looking for a Notary Public to notarise documentation for her today (Saturday). She had already called a good number of law firms in Glasgow but the response from each had been the same: “Tuesday is the earliest we can do it as…
Law Firms should steal
… I attended the annual Law Society of Scotland Dinner at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh last night. Law Society President, Bruce Beveridge, joked of lawyers gathering amongst dinosaurs, fossils and sharks. It was a magnificent setting for what was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The dinner was excellent as was the after dinner talk by Hamish…