Dr David Cowan

Contributed Articles

'It's 2020' - how Ontario's judges are starting to embrace remote court hearings

Pressure is building for Ontario's courts to modernise as lawyers are urged to improve their technology skills

5 Jun 2020

Irish courts thrown into confusion over 'bizarre' two-hour hearing rule

Clarity sought over policy for physical court appearances after surprise ruling that sittings could not last for more than two hours

22 May 2020

Top Saudi lawyer defends legal robustness of troubled oil kingdom

Khoshaim & Associates managing partner hails measures to open up the Middle East's largest economy as it faces a deep recession

18 May 2020

McCann FitzGerald and William Fry cut pay as Covid-19 reverses Brexit optimism in Ireland

Dr David Cowan reports on how the Irish legal profession is responding to coronavirus

11 May 2020

G20 launches regtech sprint to tackle global compliance challenges

Saudi G20 Presidency and Bank for International Settlements unveil TechSprint competition

29 Apr 2020

Advances in artificial intelligence fuelling law firm profitability fears, survey finds

Poll of top UK law firm finance directors identifies advanced tech as top three threat to profits

1 Mar 2020

More women must enter male-dominated legal tech to guard against AI bias, conference hears

Former UK law society president warns of risk of bias being hardwired into AI

21 Feb 2020

EU unleashes ambitious AI regulatory agenda 'to make tech optimists of us all'

People, rights and risks top EU AI remit but lawyers warn of tensions over a regulatory agenda that may have a chilling effect

19 Feb 2020

UK government advisory body rules out setting up an AI regulator

Committee on Standards in Public Life warns of dangers posed by AI but doesn't want a 'new, shiny' regulator

11 Feb 2020

Digitization of content piling pressure on legal operations, survey finds

Forty per cent of respondents expect digital content volumes to increase by third in two years

7 Feb 2020