The purpose of this column is to 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 of law within UK or as well as international developments of interest to UK law firms and legal practioners:
- UK top 50 push combined revenues past £13bn as PEP growth falters | Legalweek http://t.co/AUk8bQC3qv
- Ten pounds too wealthy for Legal Aid | Law Gazette http://t.co/jV7FyuR7Vs
- Challinors, it is business as usual | Law Gazette http://t.co/noAHzRuodi
- Legal executive regulator introduces outcomes-focused CPD scheme | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/5CCzJcV3QA
- Apathy for the Devil… The Protest for Justice Movement | The Firm http://t.co/D60lHQyYFe
- Law Firm Inksters backs Scottish Ensemble foray to Shetlands | The Firm http://t.co/T6GQQTfV45
- Courts will review £1,200 employee fees | New Law Journal: http://t.co/HSaW3d66FU
- Government launches proposal for new compensation scheme | New Law Journal: http://t.co/2WONAuixxv
- Clients ‘will have to pay more’ after portal extension | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/nTmOVnsA6N
- Insurers ‘cannot afford not to fight cases’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/hxGF8NgOso
- High Court holds controversial tax does not discriminate | New Law Journal: http://t.co/YyssyujRto
- Expanded role for legal ombudsman? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/rzId9lgKd3
- Interventions fall but number of solicitors struck off rises by more than half | Legal Futures http://t.co/F8OZyQVShZ
- Legal Services Board mulls formal probe into SRA's handling of ABS applications | Legal Futures http://t.co/SZZqWkbGAp
- Concern about creation of tort of intolerance | New Law Journal: http://t.co/pKciuW0aH9
- Job losses - Commercial firm Hill Dickinson to lose 83 employees | New Law Journal: http://t.co/zH6w2SwMtc
- Teenage graduate is youngest barrister | New Law Journal: http://t.co/koj5cWZVQK
- Call for more clarification in IP bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/uNMz4M9M08
- City lawyers plead to keep budgeting exemption | Law Gazette http://t.co/k4NGZ1LA38
- IT-driven and partners who manage full-time: is new ABS the model PI firm of the future? | Legal Futures http://t.co/pPuD8SvZmB
- LSB: concern over behaviour at top of Bar Council and BSB sparked independence probe | Legal Futures http://t.co/cb4gbKH2HF
- Lawyers urged to adapt when advising clients with learning disabilites | Legal Futures http://t.co/EPT1sNYeYI
- MPs attack insurers over referral fees and ABSs » | Legal Futures http://t.co/C7ZKYQ8Bfr
- HMRC plans for LLPs ‘make it difficult to determine true tax status’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Py1SFDP4lH
- Do not increase small claims limit for whiplash cases, MPs say | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/hTJJUPdA5Y
- Assisted suicide guidelines must be amended, appeal judges say | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/NriTmhHnW5
- Iggy Pop, your boys took one hell of a beating | Law Gazette http://t.co/nVrgOkEIJq
- Merger creates billion-dollar international firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/ib9LVgwvq0
- Nicklinson and Lamb right-to-die appeals dismissed | Law Gazette http://t.co/iJ9c6ybdpC
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/KgFQ9r6x28
- Government ‘must listen to reason’ on whiplash – PI lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/3p3tjuW2MI
- Commons whiplash inquiry finds for claimants | Law Gazette http://t.co/lMjoMw5Enk
- Tribunal fees: Two-thirds of applications are settled outside a tribunal http://t.co/hcWFqocSqh
- Squeezed SRA thinks twice about intervening when firms face bankruptcy | The Lawyer http://t.co/uTLfe2XTg7
- City lawyers and accountants hit out at partnership tax reform plans | Legal Futures http://t.co/qNDsonVxfF
- LeO bids to open doors to clients of unregulated legal services providers | Legal Futures http://t.co/Ql9BOiheBT
- Business booming in insolvency funding | Law Gazette http://t.co/9NSm88pa5B
- LSB approves QASA | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/6sjuerOU1B
- LeO aims to extend role to accountants and architects | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/AwXGrDE6Fu
- Courts staff to strike this afternoon | Law Gazette http://t.co/IPoyI6pRFz
- 83 jobs to go in Hill Dickinson shake-up | Law Gazette http://t.co/nbyIUFLpRH
- 20 law firms implicated in 'secret' phone hacking scandal http://t.co/E8I1fmr8S6
- Ombudsman proposes one-stop shop for all complaints | Law Gazette http://t.co/9ipk9Qnuq0
- Law in the year 4000 | Law Gazette http://t.co/8NqT3F3cT5
- Technology: is IT your weakest link? | Law Gazette http://t.co/sb21ByNKdt
- Knock-on costs of tribunal fees could outstrip savings | Law Gazette http://t.co/SbukaNWYgv
- Post-Jackson: enforcing court orders and time limits | Law Gazette http://t.co/eiO75GNuE3
- Advocacy quality scheme gets final go-ahead | Law Gazette http://t.co/m0ixvvLKrv
- Jurors found guilty of Facebook and Google contempts | Law Gazette http://t.co/NdIEhMESmY
- Council cannot rely on judicial proceedings immunity | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/GuEIGyNkql
- Grayling ‘to seek new curbs on judicial review’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/aeYQsayIhc
- Tribunal fees judicial review set for October | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/gKV977cO6g
- Profitability plummets at growing number of UK firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/O2VffVZsW8
- Lloyds Banking Group in talks to outsource litigation unit | The Lawyer http://t.co/3nHMcUQfos
- Qatar’s state-of-the-art litigation centre is not attempting to poach business from London | Law Gazette http://t.co/i1TJJaHMZj
- Firms ‘not responding’ to calls | Law Gazette http://t.co/JaLuf1RFiD
- Legislation to alter tax rules for LLPs | Law Gazette http://t.co/V2dDKt1oB0
- Acas wins funds in time for change in employment law | Law Gazette http://t.co/b7kHpkVVs5
- Retired appeal judge slams ‘substandard’ aid cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/1GcqLymXNx
- Barristers freed to conduct litigation | Law Gazette http://t.co/gqsqe9sQHs
- Capita interpreters contract translates into £15m | Law Gazette http://t.co/oTdYgjUbwK
- China Watch – A Foreign Lawyer’s View from the Inside, part 2 | The Lawyer http://t.co/RP77iRvwZy
- What’s in a domain name? | The Lawyer http://t.co/0vTtj14nyI
- Public directory of beneficial ownership would be an attack on the freedom of privacy | The Lawyer http://t.co/6mATBfSDGl
- An open mind on closed trials: Closed procedures may not be ideal, but.. | The Lawyer http://t.co/saHabwxyX0
- Trouble at the end of the line - expect higher number of claims against the NHS | The Lawyer http://t.co/IDeiYuhqgH
- Professional indemnity special: Division sign | The Lawyer http://t.co/iVSFMBcdIx
- After the Arab Spring Dubai and Abu Dhabi are booming again | The Lawyer http://t.co/oNitdcyiRa
- As the legal aid cuts bite, immigration firms need to be more commercially minded | The Lawyer http://t.co/AveVjYyrQU
- Keeping cutting-edge TV shows on the rails calls for some radical action by its in-house lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/1s63yNeQXn
Interesting articles on the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
- Barrister puts wig and gown on eBay and issues dramatic warning to Bar wannabes: http://t.co/wt3Z1QrlWt
- American 18-year-old becomes youngest-ever barrister | The Lawyer http://t.co/lh1W1LnfCB
- RPC Bristol training contract to launch this September | The Lawyer http://t.co/Jpd6mOxP2F
- The Law School Application and Admissions Process: An ATL Google Hangout http://t.co/3d8PWIVr7w
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.
- Fighting for green: People of color and environmental justice http://t.co/Fravt4hIu2
- Twitter users and the law – timeline http://t.co/HKxSvz48ul
- Twitter announces button for reporting abuse after troll victims backlash http://t.co/FXLQGJHP4K
- Bullying: are injunctions the answer? http://t.co/bf16xBo1AH
- Where are the criminals? On their laptops http://t.co/n349qZSLap
- Not equal everywhere: legal problems for gay couples who emigrate http://t.co/wcgtDOFw9N
- The role of women in a coarse and creepy Internet culture http://t.co/ApQ3Vkopu1
- Decolonizing the Teaching of Human Rights? http://t.co/bwkk9ZNWv8
- Farewell to a doughty champion of liberty and the public interest - the retirement of Lord Judge http://t.co/kwNwCKFhgl
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 2nd August
- Wragges and Eversheds take top slots on newly formed panel at City Airport http://t.co/J0nAvLSjq1
- Freshfields, Links and Shearman lead on £3.4bn Invensys takeover http://t.co/V9z2WjI3GY
- Weil Gotshal loses high-flying London litigator to Sidley Austin http://t.co/rB8CZu9zto
- Linklaters and Slaughters see September retention rates rise http://t.co/eHT67DUNES
- Freeth Cartwright plans Leeds expansion http://t.co/sStumk9Oik
- Wiggin cancels trainee intake from 2015 as clients move work in-house http://t.co/Idms4Z2jJP
- Barclay brothers litigator Matthew Shankland heads to Sidley Austin http://t.co/5I3uarGwSH
- Penguin Random House UK appoints Peacock as first group legal director http://t.co/5dZEgHxh9h
- Associate success at Hay & Kilner http://t.co/I4paqaHl5G
- US: Federal Judge - Stings May Racially Profile Targets http://t.co/UM7kBkX0EG
- Work Life Quiz: Mark Harrison, principal, Harrisons http://t.co/cNvZkfKe83
- CMS brings back banking partner one year after Ashurst loss http://t.co/MHvLEWmXTD
- Quinn Emanuel opens its third German office with Munich launch http://t.co/0Nd2sSYc8u
- Dillon Eustace and SullCrom join A&L Goodbody and Cadwalader on Elan acquisition http://t.co/OOQ1VWBjFP
- Liverpool law firm confirms 83 jobs to go http://t.co/OtySYeKD5a
- Top UK law firm teams up with Hong Kong powerhouse to create first global law firm headquartered in Asia http://t.co/dOOXjNdWIr
- A new billion dollar firm is born http://t.co/JbXOTcaI9s
- Pressure intensifies for law firms to be named http://t.co/xAPV7lXJla
- Ebay's former online dispute resolution team targets UK after $5m cash injection http://t.co/bsHOklRcXc
- Taylor Wessing targets SE Asia expansion with network of formal alliances http://t.co/3IZL9H1vQX
- US firm Blank Rome closes Hong Kong office as partners depart http://t.co/UCl1ovMf6d
- A&O, Linklaters and DLA among firms facing legal action over Dewey hires http://t.co/bkLlzg8rEK
- SJ Berwin-King & Wood merger gets green light creating $1bn global giant http://t.co/0pE17ZAPTk
- Noerr's Kiev partners in split http://t.co/p2ps81ncEk
- Law firms look to make changes as ABS makes impact http://t.co/zvVqjFr53C
- Bar Association calls for single Portuguese-speaking zone http://t.co/7bSAhGm8Gt
- Law firm acts over Dewey's 'unfinished business' http://t.co/vAFCZ9W5bX
- Chinese peers welcome merger between KWM and SJ Berwin http://t.co/omwSzATyIT
- Trowers & Hamlins retains 85 per cent of trainees http://t.co/Lg7fKiAgJL
- A&O, Bakers and DLA among firms facing legal action over Dewey hires http://t.co/GbUgzrDBgp
- SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons: countdown to merger http://t.co/fWWSSeLycz
- Reed Smith wins High Court battle for Rihanna against Topshop http://t.co/iiOLhzS4Ca
- Russells partner agrees to pay damages to JK Rowling over confidentiality breach http://t.co/dscbcsDV3A
- SJ Berwin partners vote through $1bn merger with KWM http://t.co/0kvzS2tYyz
- BLP’s Lawyers on Demand posts 28% turnover increase to reach £9m http://t.co/Fsh1dW9w0o
- Twenty-two DLA Glasgow staff take redundancy after Edinburgh trial http://t.co/xbV6kHzyXS
- PE-fuelled Knights on the acquisition trail after snapping up Chester office http://t.co/Zp1N5zP1RV
- BVI firm O'Neal Webster moves into London with former Walkers partner http://t.co/A6XoZgUXa1
- BLP delays PEP announcement as insiders predict 35 per cent drop http://t.co/OwuzQScpRz
- Taylor Wessing cuts 22 support staff roles in admin re-jig http://t.co/qWvfpPGyCp
- Challinors reported to SRA as second client claims he lent firm £400k http://t.co/wh68OyEYbJ
- DWF axes 38 roles in second redundancy round this year http://t.co/h4hSfPvZot
- Hill Dickinson cuts 14 partner roles and 69 staff following consultation http://t.co/ha5urH8d2L
- Irwin Mitchell revenues break £200m mark http://t.co/0cwnDQR9GU
- Quintet of firms advise as Publicis Omnicom merger creates advertising giant http://t.co/UpLC0jcL3k
- Mills & Reeve’s retention rate skyrockets to its highest in three years http://t.co/hjFNt7FLqF
- Essex Court silk Andrews among trio of new High Court judges http://t.co/qcfqJxlbAs
- Hill Dickinson sells office to Caan-backed Knights http://t.co/XS4VaB32tK
- Allied Irish Banks (AIB) set to drop 150 local firms in cost-slashing http://t.co/NpczKPNjPZ
Monday 29th July
- Brodies appoints former Glasgow DLA Piper corporate partner http://t.co/djFizqpKbD
- FT promotes internally to replace GC Bratton http://t.co/kQaBdIMX3T
- Taylor Wessing prepares South East Asian network launch http://t.co/f0KxzjUPbA
- Interview with John Pickering, CEO of Irwin Mitchell http://t.co/qvY6FWlFcv
- Taylor Wessing set to expand in south east Asia http://t.co/za8Rh1Hjwg
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