Welcome to the year's seventh edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought to you by the SundayLawReview team. The collapse of the Vicky Pryce trial this week led to some questions being asked of the jury system. But the age old principle of being judged by one's peers was defended by senior lawyers. Britain's senior most female judge Lady Hale has openly argued for positive discrimination to promote more women in the judiciary to offset centuries of gender imbalance. In the wake of a very interesting article on why women find it difficult to sell their achievements in workplace, perhaps the legal profession still has some barriers to knock down.
This column takes a serious look at what happened in the business of law within UK as reported by online legal publications throughout last week.
The most interesting articles on developments,
compliance, business and the study of law including articles cited within
TheLawMap 'focus of the day':
- Bar goes ahead with aptitude test for entrants | Law Gazette http://t.co/W0etab3b2T
- Government ‘hiding’ RTA Portal evidence, Society claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/dKbSsGnMJQ
- High-cost cases to escape new management rules | Law Gazette http://t.co/a9GQ7nB773
- High value cases get extra protection from costs management | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/66kAT8kkMm
- Growing percentage of enquiries through solicitors’ websites makes them a most valuable marketing tool | Law Gazette http://t.co/8yTt6qonaj
- Impact of wellbeing on performance | Law Gazette http://t.co/IDYcjmUFWr
- Top-40 firms seek ABS status, research shows | Law Gazette http://t.co/c3hD8oLCWX
- Concession over EU sales law | Law Gazette http://t.co/T2tQPaSH7a
- Mediation fails to reduce litigation over children | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/wMZmhvqsmD
- Lord Lester rallies supporters of Defamation Bill | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xeLsirXxFS
- Profit falls the ‘new normal’ for high street firms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/TFGyUayoO8
- Impact of wellbeing on performance | Law Gazette http://t.co/IDYcjmUFWr
- Suspicion not enough in care proceedings | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/sRLS9USoww
- Solicitor who lost firm works as carer for former clients | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/YMpOPKd1jV
- First construction ABS as global consultancy buys law firm to offer multi-disciplinary service | Legal Futures http://t.co/6lad93N5ax
- Motorbike accident management company becomes ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/s8WMdlDiRN
- BSB launches probe after report identifies possible race bias in disciplinary work | Legal Futures http://t.co/HfwQLRLkPq
- UK lawyers told to go digital | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/fJ14xCOD
- Once more into the electronic justice breach | Law Gazette http://t.co/3w8hKwFl
- Compliance – catalyst for consolidation? | Law Gazette http://t.co/rdw1jcri
- Homeless families can be accommodated in separate flats | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/mnbShcEE
- British banks face £9bn unfunded litigation bill | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/j1Vpv8NQ
- Four-borough shared legal service gets go ahead | The Lawyer http://t.co/R9qkApMS
- Will drafted by experienced partner was invalid, appeal judges rule | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Ue4UGmxl
- Will drafted by experienced partner was invalid, appeal judges rule | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/IEwPK9cF
- Solicitor-run chambers becomes ABS | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/q7SdOIbk
- No new money for defence in Green’s digital justice plan | Law Gazette http://t.co/TZsLWPSe
- The never-ending story: publication of Legal Education and Training Review delayed again | Legal Futures http://t.co/fLv3e9ln
- Referral fee ban will drive insurers to buy law firms, "but it won't reduce claims costs" | Legal Futures http://t.co/pwzDyePY
- Latest crop of ABSs eye external investment and non-legal services | Legal Futures http://t.co/qUEOYhs4
- SRA rejects LSB call for review of separate business rule | Legal Futures http://t.co/HK69hSK4
- Cobbetts’ demise and resurrection – the full story | Law Gazette http://t.co/G5TZCgRr
- EU watchdogs target Google privacy policy | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/qex4FX0N
- Partner jailed for £20m fake marriage racket | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/lAfK9wFt
- Advocate General backs workers in TUPE battle | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Yp45Ajfz
- Several QualitySolicitors firms are considering moving to alternative business structure status | Law Gazette http://t.co/R15UHfQ3
- Bar reviews conduct regime over ethnic disparities | Law Gazette http://t.co/HanBgxL8
- Cable hails unified patent court boost | Law Gazette http://t.co/zJVZIzxo
- Shake-up of legal education faces new delay as review report is pushed back | Legalweek http://t.co/cHsJ3WXE
- Firms warming to outcomes-focused regulation, says the SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/jLqa5YBF
- Wales says no to separation – for now | Law Gazette http://t.co/8NwWJmOy
- Status quo is best for Wales | Law Gazette http://t.co/IbEQER07
- Find-A-Lawyer, EU-style | Law Gazette http://t.co/byOESaM3
- Lawyers slam Theresa May’s ‘populism’ on immigration | Law Gazette http://t.co/ihG94WK1
- Lawyers let down by poor mental health programmes | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vJNO3jWw
- Lawyers "need to unbundle services" to compete with online providers | Legal Futures http://t.co/5MQ7nklU
- SRA survey: OFR confusion for many firms - and their compliance officers | Legal Futures http://t.co/LCg2Pk6r
- SRA plays down law firm finance concerns | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PdyZ6X3p
- Patent law change to boost UK innovation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/w5t8zBwn
- Top British companies ramp up legal budgets | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kDLc8Prr
- Publication of legal education review faces yet another delay | The Lawyer http://t.co/DJbOy55Q
- FTSE 100 Firms' Legal Liabilities Shoot Up http://t.co/HCbNgUCK
- Rights to light ‘being exploited’, Law Commission says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/fBEiGpMs
- Goodbye Solicitor And Barrister, Hello ‘Legal Process Analyst’ | Review: ‘Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ Richard Susskind http://t.co/qxT2ZFz2
- Legal Services Board presses SRA not to shackle provision of non-reserved legal work | Legal Futures http://t.co/wi2ZgYO4
- Law Society warns of significant risks if foreign lawyers are passported into law firm partnerships | Legal Futures http://t.co/q7Gtytdb
- Success and the smaller Law Firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/zLUkqaqh
- Are these Libor fines all fine? Lack of accountability and minuscule nature of payouts | The Lawyer http://t.co/DV2yIiI1
- Lawyers with football club clients should not underestimate the tough new financial controls regime | The Lawyer http://t.co/t6uCN6Du
- Cab rank on a ride to nowhere | The Lawyer http://t.co/J3SHC8pO
- The anti-online tracking campaigners harrying Google are the shock troops in a wider digital war | The Lawyer http://t.co/YQlcxwvE
- Firms are considering their options prior to the Jackson reforms deadline in April | The Lawyer http://t.co/LJghRHBr
- The Belgian market is packed so why are firms still eager to get a look-in? | The Lawyer http://t.co/oxEjH3I6
- Privatisation work is trickling back into Greece and foreign investor interest is resurfacing | The Lawyer http://t.co/795K2C83
- Profit on the margins | The Lawyer http://t.co/RCqYFO2O
- Effectiveness and appropriateness of the Scottish Parliament in terms of legislative reform | The Firm http://t.co/CxYX1FFw
- Forensics conference aims to produce "Agenda for Change" in legal handling of expert evidence | The Firm http://t.co/ssSrImK6
- Police Station Duty Participation Hits 50% | The Firm http://t.co/IdOB44E1
- 2000 firms in crisis talks as ABS bites | The Firm http://t.co/BaUU4VJO
- Strategies for responding to the challenges faced by the Criminal Bar | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/VxkCOVzY
- Minority Legal Orders in the UK | The Barrister Magazine http://t.co/mR0Mtrxd
- Tax warning over children’s wills | Law Gazette http://t.co/2K37NMAA
- Volunteers ‘unable to fill legal aid void’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/246sVPyn
- MoJ considers ending lump sum PI damages | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZMXdrtEA
- Barclays boss signals panel shakeup | Law Gazette http://t.co/Yz34FuIn
- MPs: family judges should talk to children | Law Gazette http://t.co/SSAAmhzS
- Ministers tight-lipped on EU opt-out | Law Gazette http://t.co/U22kiwsX
- PM ‘mad’ to cut legal aid for EU immigrants | Law Gazette http://t.co/rRWBY9G5
- How To: get a training contract | Law Gazette http://t.co/QG4gQ8rX
- Freedom of information
| Law Gazette http://t.co/maAj9i8z
- SRA denies 2,000 firms in crisis talks
| Law Gazette http://t.co/iX6vlcwb
- US eases curbs on foreign in-house lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/BucSqcf7
- Two law firms on Cameron’s Indian mission | Law Gazette http://t.co/oN2kjVYv
- Supreme
court denies government pressure to select a woman. Senior legal
figures believe promotion of three male judges to highest court delayed
because ministers want a woman to fill one of the vacancies. Full
story - Guardian Law
- Ministers
are to consider the case for successful personal injury claimants to
receive damages over a period of time rather than in one lump sum. Full
story - Law Gazette
- Profit
on the margins - You don’t have to be a big firm to innovate and
thrive in a downturn - 10 inspiring stories from Law Firms. Full story -
The Lawyer
- Lord
Kerr warns that councils will 'exploit' Supreme Court ruling. Homeless
families can be accommodated in separate flats and do not have to be
housed in the same units, Supreme Court justices ruled. Full story - Solicitor's Journal
- The
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has rejected a demand by the
Legal Services Board (LSB) that it start a review of the separate
business rule, saying it can see “very little public interest
justification” for doing so. Full story - Legal Futures
Notable Articles of the week:
The UK and international articles of the week are pieces selected by @TheLawMap tweeting team based on recommendations from friends and followers of LawNewsIndex.com daily law news blog.
- International law isn't 'real' - pseudo-consensus on what the law 'is', but simply a consensus among elites | Nanjala Nyabola - Al Jazeera
- Beyond Asimov: the struggle to develop a legal framework for robots | Mark Piesing - Wired
- Why giving men anonymity in rape cases is a bad idea | Lisa Longstaff - The Guardian
News from the Law Firms & Chambers:
Friday 22nd February
Thursday 21st February
Wednesday 20th February
Tuesday 19th February
Monday 18th February
We would like to
thank all the publications cited in this week's column. Please notify
via @TheLawMap Twitter handle of any errors or omissions.
TheLawMap Publications at a glance:
LawNewsIndex.com - Daily Law News Archive
SundayLawReview.com - Weekly Law Business News Blog
Law Specials - A compendium of articles on Justice & Society
Wig - Daily Newspaper Focusing on Law & Society
MetaLawIndex - Informal Blog chronicling behind the scene events at LawNewsIndex & Twitter
Welcome to the year's sixth edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought to you by the SundayLawReview team.
The most interesting articles on developments,
compliance, business and the study of law including articles cited within
TheLawMap 'focus of the day':
- Employment tribunal hearing first claim for caste discrimination collapses | Guardian Law http://tinyurl.com/cjzaocs
- SRA eyes quicker ABS application process as interest in MDPs strengthens | Legal Futures http://t.co/7Iy0Yaht
- CILEx and CLC confirm bids to become will-writer regulators | Legal Futures http://t.co/Ghlek5LP
- Washing Up: We will all end up being consultants, running courses & writing books on how to be lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/hjx2qgEh
- Law Society pours cold water on the SRA’s red-tape bonfire | Law Gazette http://t.co/G0Yg5nZF
- Bypassing lawyers would save £1.5bn, insurer claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/rfvGLEaa
- Lawyers and courts face secrecy challenge in trade secrets cases http://t.co/Q8VSxCa4
- The Lawyer Management inaugural awards launches | The Lawyer http://t.co/Fvn3CzGk
- Appeal judges quash back-to-work regulations | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/kXUUnn4R
- Court of Appeal: solicitor not liable for fellow partner's fraud | Legal Futures http://t.co/SOEUW3te
- Mid-Staffs scandal highlights dangers of defensive culture in the law, says consumer chief | Legal Futures http://t.co/zDQuytB6
- Why do Law firms run shy of campaigns? | Law Gazette http://t.co/TzhX5RMQ
- Autonomy Finances Before HP Deal Probed by UK Regulator | Bloomberg Law http://t.co/UehlNXkV
- Assessing costs: a nasty shock | Law Gazette http://t.co/4SU3K6Qo
- Regulate will-writing but not estate administration, LSB recommends | Law Gazette http://t.co/1h710gUB
- LSB fails to back regulation of estate administration | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/93P86YJM
- LPA waiting period should be abolished, Lush says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/2pu2Fee0
- Law Society chief: failure to embrace flexible working holding back diversity | Legal Futures http://t.co/2UhTYijd
- A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/wLdBEJ3Z
- Accountancy watchdog launches Autonomy inquiry | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZwamsnDn
- Diversity improving at UK law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/MC6mgrtI
- Are you advising on Cumulative Impact Zones? | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/enWrMUZe
- Law firm must pay £323,000 for remortgage error | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/aCti4hdO
- MoJ moves to change law on discount rate | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/vkOfjpVi
- Solicitors must “comply or die”, says new LexisNexis white paper | Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/caqshdh
- Evidence may back up discount rate rise, says MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/dYT3HC0C
- Charter firms improve their diversity profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/IsbEU22Z
- Leading merger broker enters the law after striking deal with ABS consultancy | Legal Futures http://t.co/Cddsz8i1
- Barristers appeal disciplinary findings in wake of Bar tribunal failures | Legal Futures http://t.co/77RctZFL
- EU anti-money laundering plans put client confidentiality at risk, Law Society warns | Legal Futures http://t.co/5C1XWNIW
- Regulators’ approach to failures | Law Gazette http://t.co/IwacN6sX
- FSA wins 'important precedent' case against illegal land bank http://t.co/p6Q2mwvg
- QC faces jail after pocketing VAT for 12 years | Law Gazettehttp://t.co/ACLmr6Ul
- Contingency fee caps ‘not high enough’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/hcKNn6nE
- QC convicted of £600,000 VAT fraud | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/ZqkzYZ4q
- Lawyers and the new money laundering directive | Law Gazette http://t.co/SHoknUxq
- European AML directive ‘unlikely to be effective’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/bVHRey9M
- Majority against IFA referral move | Law Gazette http://t.co/a6bmtwNV
- Keystone offers £1 top-up insurance cover
| Law Gazette http://t.co/0jBygeW9
- Maintenance pending suit applications
| Law Gazette http://t.co/OTMtYwPi
- Fraud hotline set up for homeowners
| Law Gazette http://t.co/WBCsRLJZ
- LSC drops legal aid contract changes | Law Gazette http://t.co/TvDpq7LQ
- MoJ closes 103 PPI claims management companies | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Kyt2QTzi
- In House Lawyer Interview - Eurostar's GC Scott Marshall | The Lawyer http://t.co/eYRZz0dt
- All change in transatlantic referrals | The Lawyer http://t.co/vaqDR8lJ
- In praise of religious arbitration | The Lawyer http://t.co/cKYJzZYj
- Supreme Court on side of part-time judges, ending eight-year fight for MoJ pension contributions | The Lawyer http://t.co/qfj4DEiR
- Libor claims are next in line to plague beleaguered bankers, with a streamlined claims route proposed | The Lawyer http://t.co/H21p9yJl
- Insurers pulling fraud & regulatory cover for directors is having a major effect on corporate defence | The Lawyer http://t.co/KNeHq0pj
- Deal activity is at a record level and heading upwards in Turkey | The Lawyer http://t.co/JTU0cxPR
- Croydon PI solicitor teams up with local newspaper in novel approach to referrals | Legal Futures http://t.co/gcTKM0qt
- Bristol 'law shop' given new lease of life by local solicitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/fQKpVtEE
- UK
law firms are tasting success in their efforts to improve diversity
and inclusion performance but there is still more work to be done. Full
story - The Global Legal Post
- Judicial
review is increasingly essential, judges warn government. Supreme
court president and deputy strongly defend access to legal process as
fundamental to rule of law. Full story - Guardian Law
- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI may have come as a shock, but it is entirely lawful under Canon Law. Full story - The Lawyer
- A
legal challenge to halt cuts to personal injury fees will be
fast-tracked through the High Court, it was revealed today. The judicial
review application by two claimant groups in opposition to new
recoverable fixed costs in the RTA Portal has been listed for a
‘rolled-up’ hearing as soon as possible. Full story - Law Gazette
- Consumers
like indemnity insurance, LSB panel research finds. Making it optional
would hit vulnerable consumers the hardest. Full story - Solicitors Journal
Notable Articles of the week:
The UK and international articles of the week are pieces selected by @TheLawMap tweeting team based on recommendations from friends and followers of LawNewsIndex.com daily law news blog.
- The absurd laxity of Britain's police | Editorial - The Independent
- Is INDIA facing a 'cultural emergency'? All sides silent on attacks on Free Speech | Soutik Biswas - BBC Asia
- The Pope's Resignation, A Legal Guide | Law Blog - The Wall Street Journal
- The Enlightenment's 'Race' Problem, and Ours | Justin E. H. Smith - The NewYork Times
- UK workers earning the same as they were ten years ago | The BBC
News from the Law Firms & Chambers:
Friday 15th February
Thursday 14th February
Wednesday 13th February
Tuesday 12th February
Monday 11th February
We would like to
thank all the publications cited in this week's column. Please notify
via @TheLawMap Twitter handle of any errors or omissions.
TheLawMap Publications at a glance:
LawNewsIndex.com - Daily Law News Archive
SundayLawReview.com - Weekly Law Business News Blog
Law Specials - A compendium of articles on Justice & Society
Wig - Daily Newspaper Focusing on Law & Society
MetaLawIndex - Informal Blog chronicling behind the scene events at LawNewsIndex & Twitter
Welcome to the year's fifth edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought to you by the SundayLawReview team. In the week when women were finally allowed to wear trousers in the streets of Paris we take a serious look at what happened in the business of law within UK as reported by online legal publications throughout last week.
The most interesting articles on developments,
compliance, business and the study of law including articles cited within
TheLawMap 'focus of the day':
- Secret courts are totalitarian and would destroy our country’s moral standing in the world. Full story - The Lawyer
- Justice
secretary Chris Grayling has said the proposed new small-claims court
limit of £5,000 may be ‘too low’ – despite the ongoing consultation on
raising the figure from £1,000. Full story - Law Gazette
- MPs
have approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales in a key Commons
vote, despite the opposition of almost half the Conservative MPs. Full
story - BBC
- Collective
actions will fuel ‘litigation culture’. The US Institute for Legal
Reform echoed the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) warning
that US-style collective actions would ‘fuel a litigation culture in
the UK’. Full story - Law Gazette
- Solicitors
acting for thousands of construction workers are appealing a decision
by the Metropolitan police not to investigate claims that officers
supplied information to an illegal blacklist of construction workers.
Full story - Guardian Law
- The defamation bill is now in thrall to a politically motivated Leveson clause http://t.co/25htngSv
- The Bundle: UK law in boom and bust - and jury trial by Google | The Bundle from Guardian Law http://t.co/5ytaUhZ4
- Complaints, horrible jumpers and ill-fitting socks | Law Gazette http://t.co/0coIgYKM
- Grieve alarmed by ‘trial by Google’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/ystL5fF6
- Co-op launches in-house legal training scheme | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/evRVeu4p
- London partner recruitment by US law firms hits record levels - Legalweek http://t.co/5RUax18I
- Scottish Solicitors involved in children's cases must sign up to new code of practice to be able to apply for legal aid http://t.co/L0fBR7l1
- London-based Italian lawyers sanctioned over volume overseas conveyancing | Legal Futures http://t.co/Xxgv3zRg
- Clients reject notion of lower legal fees in return for reduced consumer protection | Legal Futures http://t.co/16WMkVNj
- Flash law school applicants continue legacy | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Lqj9HRN2
- Law firms told to 'embrace reality' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iZ6kd3Tj
- Consumers like indemnity insurance, LSB panel research finds | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xFeDFhzp
- Claims management company first to buy law firm | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/LRmjqjlj
- ‘First legal brokerage’ to manage cases for wealthy clients | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/iNiNf7SA
- Legal services turnover ‘to rise by 4.2 per cent from 2015’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/t5ypMwi6
- EU crime and justice measures of ‘real importance’ says DPP Starmer | Law Gazette http://t.co/hHLhb1uJ
- 400 jobs saved as Cobbetts deal goes through | Law Gazette http://t.co/55y8Ns5U
- Strong growth will not return to legal market until 2016, forecasts Law Society | Legal Futures http://t.co/Jkm8P015
- Leading ABS set to open up entry to the law through 'Learning Academy' | Legal Futures http://t.co/Vz7Lx8aG
- Future Law School Applicants Tend To Have Bigger Egos Than Their Peers http://t.co/cVrRXtNQ
- Court contract handling by Ministry of Justice 'a shambles' http://t.co/lSdXuqjf
- Layoffs rattle European, UK law firms http://t.co/iOpELZiA
- What Mid Staffs and RBS have in common | Law Gazette http://t.co/vKe2Fa7Y
- Leniency for whistleblowing? This is not the NYPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/K1lM3yOj
- Small-claims limit could rise above £5,000, Grayling admits | Law Gazette http://t.co/q9pgcpMW
- Lords back low-cost libel arbitration | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/5PuL7A6F
- Public law ultra vires | Law Gazette http://t.co/S9dFSkPV
- Peers pass low-cost arbitration law for victims of press defamation http://t.co/0Md96KF5
- Law firm profits fall to 2010 levels, leading to cash-flow warning http://t.co/AcE0FGfj
- ‘Limited trust’ undermines SRA whistleblower plan - Society
| Law Gazette http://t.co/1BY4ytV8
- EC proposes new money-laundering controls | Law Gazette http://t.co/JaQiUgJb
- SRA keeps PC fee split | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/SNcwGKWJ
- A quarter of judges escape Grayling’s pension cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/6ogzSroI
- Mid-sized firms feel the pinch in Scotland | Law Gazette http://t.co/eAqnR8FY
- Legal consultancy offers exit strategy for PI firms “without firesale” | Legal Futures http://t.co/hvmxrSJs
- Law Society claims new barrister terms are biased http://t.co/XK9vFpCZ
- Insurer wrong to reject law firm's blanket notification of possible claims, High Court rules | Legal Futures http://t.co/TqthKqtA
- Bringing retail to the law: stores, customers and footfall | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/AQrcuRP7
- Call for care failings disclosure laws | Law Gazette http://t.co/mXicrU9h
- Heads of chambers unite against QASA as criminal Bar bids to build alliance | Legal Futures http://t.co/1et2XEN7
- Law firms eating into savings after partners saw earnings fall last year http://t.co/5uXj1GPb
- The Cobbetts administration highlights the importance of partners knowing their firm’s financial position | The Lawyer http://t.co/VzUaUI3M
- Fresh thinking urgently required in the partnership model for Law Firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/wLSL3Jd6
- Those administering estates should look into the causes of death of people with military connections | The Lawyer http://t.co/5H6N0d5V
- Appeal court’s weak decision undermines efforts to constrain legal costs and adds to judges’ burden | The Lawyer http://t.co/QqLDf5n1
- Secret courts are totalitarian and would destroy our country’s moral standing in the world | The Lawyer http://t.co/ywRFxKBH
- Government must consider employment law implications of ramping up the role of armed forces reservists | The Lawyer http://t.co/3CJuvlFV
- Disclosure ruling rocks banks | Law Gazette http://t.co/qA9gTPkt
- Courtroom savings hard to interpret | Law Gazette http://t.co/Yl1Qi0Uh
- Firms sign up to beat fee ban | Law Gazette http://t.co/WKrnRaXA
- SRA redraws plan to increase fines for firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/4cfmgAh6
- Exceptional case proves Jackson rule | Law Gazette http://t.co/GskakH5k
- Barristers pose no ‘alternative solicitors’ threat, says bar chair | Law Gazette http://t.co/9gjzyBAu
- Collective actions will fuel ‘litigation culture’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/RJb5tCsd
- Small-claims revamp may hit portal | Law Gazette http://t.co/RaEEssk8
- Warnings follow Cobbetts collapse | Law Gazette http://t.co/TtB9YSA4
- Regional sets are having to face up to the fact that their world is changing, and fast | The Lawyer http://t.co/6ylgPJ3f
Articles of the week:
The UK and international articles of the week are pieces selected by @TheLawMap tweeting team based on recommendations from friends and followers of LawNewsIndex.com daily law news blog.
- 'Sharia Law has no place in Britain or anywhere else' | Nahla Mahmoud - Left Foot Forward
- Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart | Natasha Singer - The New York Times
- More women forced into slavery after change to immigration law | Paul Peachey - The Independent
- Gay marriage: some legal inequalities will remain | Owen Bowcott - The Guardian
News from the Law Firms & Chambers:
Friday 8th February
Thursday 7th February
Wednesday 6th February
Tuesday 5th February
Monday 4th February
We would like to
thank all the publications cited in this week's column. Please notify
via @TheLawMap Twitter handle of any errors or omissions.
TheLawMap Publications at a glance:
LawNewsIndex.com - Daily Law News Archive
SundayLawReview.com - Weekly Law Business News Blog
Law Specials - A compendium of articles on Justice & Society
Wig - Daily Newspaper Focusing on Law & Society
MetaLawIndex - Informal Blog chronicling behind the scene events at LawNewsIndex & Twitter
Welcome to the year's fourth edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought to you by the SundayLawReview team. This week, news of QASA being delayed until September formed the major discussion point amongst the criminal law fraternity. A very interesting annual survey on staff satisfaction at the Ministry of Justice revealed low levels of satisfaction with a very high percentage of staff refusing to recommend the department as a great place to work. National firm Cobbetts announced the appointment of administrators at the start of the weak despite posting solid financial results last December.
At the start of the week lawyers in Kenya had been asked to dress in a more formal manner when representing clients. In solidarity with the profession we tried on many an outfit all along the Chancery Lane shops but in the end, decided to return to our worn out jeans and sandals. Total relaxation is absolutely crucial for this team when taking a serious look at what happened in the business of law within UK as reported by online legal publications throughout last week.
The most interesting articles on developments,
compliance, business and the study of law including articles cited within
TheLawMap 'focus of the day':
- Bar Council and Law Society at loggerheads as standard terms of contract come into force. Full story - Legal Futures
- Costs
budgeting: why judges need more training. Now that we are only two
months from Jackson D-Day, solicitors are waking up to the prospect of
costs budgeting. Full story - Law Gazette
- A
recent case clarifies the point at which employee consultation should
start in regard to redundancies. In a recent case (USA v Nolan), the
advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Paulo Mengozzi
reminded us of a key principle in any restructuring: a company’s
communication strategy. Full story - The Lawyer
- Libel
litigant exceeded costs budget ‘for good reason’. The Court of Appeal
has ruled that a libel litigant who greatly exceeded her costs budget
could depart from it ‘with good reason’. Full story - Solicitors Journal
- ISPs
and defamation law: hold fire, Robert Jay. Defining internet service
providers as publishers within defamation law would be totally
unworkable. Full story - Guardian Law
- A dissenting Judge - why I’ll miss the Lord Chief Justice when he hangs up the gown and retires in September | Law Gazette http://t.co/lMI9We5e
- Tougher test for family expert witnesses | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/BV3ADyj9
- Ombudsman predicts more cases as compensation limit rises | Law Gazette http://t.co/pAVE9vd6
- Revised QASA timetable confirms new 10-month delay | Legal Futures http://t.co/bVTAmsBg
- Top-100 English firm slams into buffers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/DjtokGAE
- Jackson LJ condemns ‘massive legal fees’ in sandwich shop battle | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/YpBVhfl9
- Confusion over implementation date of new Part 36 rule | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/j8S7IOCB
- Brand loyalty – and the ski-jacket owners’ club | Law Gazette http://t.co/cmiWkYYp
- Civil justice advisers condemn PI fixed fees as ‘unrealistic’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/PMDA2Rxu
- Government unveils revamped legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/QFLXRd97
- Values and Lawyers Ethics: A Second Brief Survey | Lawyer Watch http://t.co/i39Q4vPn
- SRA needs to hold "overzealous lawyers" to account for advice that enables client wrongdoing | Legal Futures http://t.co/nI9eNwwV
- Bar Council and Law Society at loggerheads as standard terms of contract come into force | Legal Futures http://t.co/805m6R8s
- Who's having a Bud? Intellectual property | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/uux0i2eV
- Push for negligence advice to be privileged | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/HcVpLRU0
- SRA “doesn't have responsibility for trainees” at Cobbetts | The Lawyer http://t.co/0GfmVF5a
- College of Law encouraged by Cobbetts' treatment of trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/QHZFG692
- Recruiters: Cobbetts was continuing to hire lawyers up until December | The Lawyer http://t.co/C88bVPsu
- Supreme Court dismisses contempt appeal | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/rVhihmy3
- Not entirely Honest Abe | Law Gazette http://t.co/xRE2DPhY
- Labour warns of Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s ‘Trojan horse’ attacks | Law Gazette http://t.co/TMpSVuUR
- Law firms suffer fall in fees as north-south gap widens | The Scotsman http://t.co/tkEDYa39
- Simplify the Law owner unveils cash injection from external investor | Legal Futures http://t.co/gwG8Umb6
- Law Society hits out at 'inadequate' client-care rules in Bar's new public access training | Legal Futures http://t.co/dMtyICdS
- Small firms left at the altar as mid-sized law firms eye merger opportunities | Legal Futures http://t.co/3Zj2C7x9
- ATE insurance market ‘has a future’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/sNLYDsAE
- Rise in corporate manslaughter cases | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/rWrgysee
- Enhanced criminal records checks ‘breach human rights’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/AVWDT78L
- Cash rich or cash poor? Litigation funding | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/BtTYFC8N
- Legal aid is the key to a diverse profession | Law Gazette http://t.co/8b3rhnLk
- Business lobby condemns ‘opt-out’ regime in competition actions | Law Gazette http://t.co/SxHn8VpR
- More firms ask for help to fund tax bills | Law Gazette http://t.co/MxBhcIqu
- ABS specialising in claims by builders and cabbies eyes external investment | Legal Futures http://t.co/anJBavG1
- If at first you don't succeed... SRA tries again to increase £2,000 fining power | Legal Futures http://t.co/AEExR3yb
- Response from Britain's main lawyers' bodies to a proposed referendum on EU membership was surprisingly muted The Global Legal Post http://t.co/G6AsIS0o
- Regulating litigation funding | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dSQ6AWDk
- Conveyancing firms have criticised some of the country’s biggest lenders for excluding them from their business panels http://t.co/DUtewyUt
- Knowledge management is an increasingly important function in offering quality client service | The Lawyer http://t.co/1HLAkinl
- Financial disputes are starting to dominate the English courts | The Lawyer http://t.co/vjzC26N0
- Lawyers must be sure their clients with land interests are insured against wildlife-related hold-ups | The Lawyer http://t.co/YZ0jONDy
- A recent case clarifies the point at which employee consultation should start in regard to redundancies | The Lawyer http://t.co/1Qg6xyYv
- The Supreme Court choked when it could have developed the law on legal advice privilege | The Lawyer http://t.co/aeeARsid
- The Lawyer Hot 100 2013 unveiled | The Lawyer http://t.co/fOnwNrKS
- Understanding the CPR | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/y67xxOgb
- Costs budgeting: why judges need more training | Law Gazette http://t.co/FShy43fY
- SRA calms referral fee fears
| Law Gazette http://t.co/1hVi6DnY
- 1,000 firms face Santander panel exit over CQS
| Law Gazette http://t.co/A87SJmOR
- Simplify complaints procedures, OFT tells profession
| Law Gazette http://t.co/3lOvb6zD
- DBA caps set by government
| Law Gazette http://t.co/pVqFKo9K
- MoJ reveals £600m in court fines are unpaid
| Law Gazette http://t.co/ZNP93SAr
- Judicial review limits attacked
| Law Gazette http://t.co/3opIMYI9
- Economic woes prompt firms to ditch lockstep
| Law Gazette http://t.co/rLZpFS4S
- Costs and assessing unreasonable behaviour
| Law Gazette http://t.co/SLQahERO
- Solicitors face sanction threat over COLP/COFA forms | Law Gazette http://t.co/Yl7qF3tt
- Legal professional privilege fight goes on | Law Gazette http://t.co/pdMcEyaU
- Consumer panel attacks regulators for not making lawyer registers available to comparison websites | Legal Futures http://t.co/Jk9DMIFD
Articles of the week:
The UK and international articles of the week are pieces selected by @TheLawMap tweeting team based on recommendations from friends and followers of LawNewsIndex.com daily law news blog.
- Sixty-eight years after Auschwitz: Why we still remember | Gabriella Swerling - The Independent
- We don’t make our country stronger by forcing refugees into desperation | Natasha Walter - New Statesman
- Lord chief justice: changes to judiciary 'eroding something important' | Joshua Rozenborg - The Guardian
- Restorative Justice Is Not Forgiveness | Ted Wachtel - Huff Post
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