The most recent expert legal analysis and commentary published on the legalVIS WIRE by leading UK and international legal professionals.
By Anita McCallum
A career in law can be hugely demanding, but it can also be deeply rewarding. Through every stage of the profession, one thing matters: making sure people feel supported, and not alone. Unfortunately,
By Claire Mullaney
Key takeaways - Boutique law firms have many of the same confidentiality, supervision and governance responsibilities as much larger firms, but without the same budgets, teams or resources. - The most
By Claire Mullaney
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 began coming into force on 29 June 2026. It is, by any measure, one of the most wide-ranging pieces of criminal justice legislation England and Wales has seen in years.
By Claire Mullaney
Until March this year, a foreign national who received a suspended sentence faced a very different set of immigration consequences to one who received the same sentence as an immediate custodial term.
By Ruby Kelly
The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described it as the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation, and its reforms are now be
By Claire Mullaney, Founder
There is a number that haunts the ambitions of almost every small law firm owner: £1 million in turnover. It sits on business plans like a finishing line, a marker of having "made it." And once firms
By Ruby Kelly
The employment tribunal system in England and Wales is under significant and documented strain. There were 531,000 open tribunal claims at the end of Q4 2025/26, according to Ministry of Justice stati
By Claire Mullaney, Founder LegalVIS.ai
I ran 1,450 prompt tests across 335 UK law firms to see what ChatGPT and other large language models actually say when someone asks about legal services. Firms with decades of expertise were invisible
By Ruby Kelly
For years, disputes over homes and inheritance were often treated as private family matters, resolved between relatives or settled through legal structures that appeared comparatively straightforward.
By Ruby Kelly
The most discoverable lawyers are not necessarily the most experienced. They are the ones willing to talk, and if the idea of sitting in front of a microphone makes you uncomfortable, you are not alon
By Robert Charles Alexander
Six prime ministers. More than fifteen years. An original 2009 estimate of around thirty-seven billion pounds that has since been projected as high as one hundred billion in today's prices. More than