Welcome
to the year's 42th edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought
to you by the SundayLawReview team.
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:
- GCs have become 'much closer' to corporate function | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KDrT2qYqpj
- Cost-cutting axe falls on pioneering court | Law Gazette http://t.co/98unOmND3k
- Fraudulent barrister amounting to £900,000 fraud, to be struck off | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/90zhJ4JRHM
- Challinors creditors left with nothing | Law Gazette http://t.co/oaKYh5AdAM
- LSB gives green light to work on radical shake-up of financial protection arrangements | Legal Futures http://t.co/DfNowaYoRw
- Young lawyers told to build client relationships | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/335FbnIlRR
- Predicting private equity and the law – an update | Legal Futures http://t.co/ClA4jI7jM5
- Uncertainty the biggest barrier to growth, ABSs say | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/vAhwB5tdhr
- Grayling bows to pressure over small claims limit for whiplash | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/g7uPpbh6z5
- RTA group retains opposition to inducements for claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/ABWSrfHwNu
- Anglo Scottish merger runs in to trouble | Law Gazette http://t.co/3xZNRFSetD
- Hudson: claimants must copy insurers' lobby machine | Law Gazette http://t.co/Fm8VrVCwqC
- 275 criminal legal aid firms sign ‘can’t work’ pledge | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/i7wqZIz2Lw
- PII - who decides who will practise? | Law Gazette http://t.co/mdtGQRBRqU
- Firms increase borrowing to fund PC renewals | Law Gazette http://t.co/SlACLFv0WM
- Alternative business structures more productive than law firms, U.K. regulator finds http://t.co/XG7pYauAkL
- On the subject of freedom of expression | Law Gazette http://t.co/Bgcc89XBou
- SRA snaps up LSB strategy chief | Legal Futures http://t.co/xsBq6Bkx3Y
- Society backs challenge to advocacy quality scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/K57rrnx9aJ
- Survey says half of in-house law depts have outsourced legal work, most were happy with results http://t.co/1lxpa8MTc6
- Supreme Court rules in landmark outsourcing liability case | Law Gazette http://t.co/ljAcW7lrMN
- Will-writing scheme: the cost of differentiation | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/gb3LPXApES
- CoA punishes defendant that refused ADR invitation | Law Gazette http://t.co/jDdY7BCHTd
- Lawyers use more office space than other professionals | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vFnWo0Yi25
- Consult non-London lawyers via Skype to cut legal costs, says lord chief justice http://t.co/04WF7nekYf
- Relief for claimant PI lawyers as government decides against raising small claims limit | Legal Futures http://t.co/gMM7ETvTT3
- Macur new JAC vice chair: Macur LJ replaces Black LJ | New Law Journal: http://t.co/FQD7QdRqmU
- EU rights in the UK: Review of the balance of competences | New Law Journal: http://t.co/r9swNJYSzN
- GCs held back on data policies by team dynamics | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/idsXZwiOvb
- Fraudsters go after lawyers: Kroll Global Fraud Report is published | New Law Journal: http://t.co/PW60PvyX2m
- HLE debate: Discussion of ethics in international arbitration | New Law Journal: http://t.co/qx9XpiKg3C
- Prisoner vote: Supreme Court dismisses appeals of prisoners who wish to vote | New Law Journal: http://t.co/PS54yb4rnO
- Court strikes tough attitude: RTA claim struck out over missed deadlines | New Law Journal: http://t.co/amL0nsKAy1
- Grayling gives go-ahead for whiplash action | New Law Journal: http://t.co/DQjVXhlNP3
- Referral fee caution: SRA issues warning note on risky behaviour by PI lawyers | New Law Journal: http://t.co/6WogC8ES12
- DBAs fail to take off with profession | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Z802lFYXCR
- Costs sanctions for silence on mediation: Long-awaited Court of Appeal ruling on costs | New Law Journal: http://t.co/2X4HpiI7lo
- Government has fallen out of love with insurance lobby | Law Gazette http://t.co/V1uxjP8j7r
- MoJ decides against increase in small claims track limit | Law Gazette http://t.co/1J6x6ri4yZ
- ABS or back to basics? Lessons from the first ABS demise | Legal Futures http://t.co/iZlAjr3ZdL
- Solicitors' market "wide open to competition" from national brands, says LSB | Legal Futures http://t.co/FMe2fl6vm6
- SRA snaps up LSB director for management role | Law Gazette http://t.co/HmL8TaqI2H
- Grayling: I can't rule out small claims limit rise in future | Law Gazette http://t.co/6N7GIIzg2K
- Hillsborough lawyer recognised at Law Society awards | Law Gazette http://t.co/gQcPuhUNkY
- Legal risks to impact four out of five businesses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rOqnDtq4cR
- An end to trademark grabbing? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/q6fTbqIkxf
- US & UK continue debates over ABS at the ABA International meeting in London | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zYqnq8BRjg
- US firms top the pay scales for newly qualifieds | Law Gazette http://t.co/o4knuoBSm4
- SRA to finish COLP and COFA enforcement work this month | Law Gazette http://t.co/kkiwBdR8dr
- Ministry stands by Grayling evidence after bar chief challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/jsmJ1vvaUu
- Union battles employment tribunal fees in High Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/AV4M7g9zaP
- UK violated disabled woman's right to liberty | Law Gazette http://t.co/PZNOlm0xlN
- MoJ fined £140,000 for data breach | Law Gazette http://t.co/tPlvRoRclQ
- ABSs 'more productive' than traditional law firms, says LSB | Law Gazette http://t.co/CRqPpAc4u6
- Conveyancing portal pilots to start next year | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/mnwzPooGDW
- Criminal legal aid critics not living in 'real world', Hudson says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/LxyUjjMD2l
- Austerity Britain has presented lawyers willing to provide pro bono legal advice with severe challenges | Law Gazette http://t.co/xf6PQYilZ9
- We hope to see changes in the solicitors PII market that will help smaller firms in particular | Law Gazette http://t.co/66HD7P3MOP
- Companies need live discussions to handle data risks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/oAgJ7WLXdV
- Eversheds believes tribunal fees challenge could be costly for the UK government | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZXPxFU6RN7
- Press regulation: we’re stuck, please help | Law Gazette http://t.co/sg8gFMFQJk
- Evidence-free policymaking | Law Gazette http://t.co/B0sR9it2q4
- Solicitors need to be equipped to practise in a more competitive and customer-focused environment | Law Gazette http://t.co/e8RfilEtTF
- Black History Month: against all odds | Law Gazette http://t.co/HccnhzbBin
- Bar Council has criticised the Lord Chancellor for misleading Parliament over barristers’ criminal fees http://t.co/lIe8cyAOQ5
- Full court listings could be online by April | Law Gazette http://t.co/tMBnWg1QwI
- Flexible working targets more women judges | Law Gazette http://t.co/FotZwER16B
- Legal Aid Agency confirms launch of online working | Law Gazette http://t.co/kE6ZMqNnBG
- MoJ cuts outside legal spend by 16% | Law Gazette http://t.co/xOT3odcm79
- LPA electronic signature proposals criticised | Law Gazette http://t.co/l7PKffKTps
- ‘Leap of faith’ needed for solicitor qualification route plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/FpsQPfqmtK
- Legal sector absent from China trip | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZEsaN02gOX
- Survival warning for mid-sized law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/hPxzYJgrzi
- Uncertainty surrounds £2m court complex | Law Gazette http://t.co/3at95hspk5
- Property portal set to go live next year | Law Gazette http://t.co/39jd7LKCnr
- LeO expansion could create "muddle" for consumers, willwriters warn | Legal Futures http://t.co/dqb1CxzMEF
- The Lawyer UK 200: hundreds of metrics now online | The Lawyer http://t.co/Bi5aRlzA2x
- New competition authority will have to work hard to restore the reputation of the UK regime | The Lawyer http://t.co/v5NhiOFJEu
- Time for a trade mark rethink | The Lawyer http://t.co/VNGSfoui3t
- Good old British household names dominated the deals listings in September | The Lawyer http://t.co/eu45Z6r40r
- Ex-City lawyer chairman of the SRA, Plant hits out at City law firm recruitment methods | Legal Futures http://t.co/XrX9kr0fwB
- Lawyers asked for opinions on EU rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/SxEUiyNn7Q
- Regulators reject plans for a legal education training council | Law Gazette http://t.co/NR0zsS3eed
- Lords criticise speed and scope of lobbying bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZSzJYmLwtD
- Litigant in person punches wife during hearing highlighting security issues in Family proceedings | Law Gazette http://t.co/IgrJfcMXWu
- Claims handler pulls out as Balva PII customers face more uncertainty | Law Gazette http://t.co/ToEA4StqMV
- Complex web of interests after ailing football pundit’s enduring power of attorney decision | The Lawyer http://t.co/y1pxu1qXc8
Interviews, features on lawyers and obituaries:
- The in-house interview: Darren Riley, assistant GC at National Air Traffic Services | The Lawyer http://t.co/zGqj60sNnQ
- My Legal Life: Debo Nwauzu, Chair and founder, BLD (Black Lawyers Directory) - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/MvTcIwQ0T9
- Diana Wallis, The new president of the European Law Institute - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/SYHFFgnyiN
- Video interview with Desmond Hudson, Law Society Chief Executive | Law Gazette http://t.co/LfPkXKETnu
- Cherie Booth tells of the difficulties she faced trying to combine raising children with having a high-powered job http://t.co/zHL7lIHcMm
- Walter Greenwood obituary: Co-author of Essential Law for Journalist http://t.co/INctr1JXeG
Interesting articles on the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
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.
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 25th October
Thursday 24th October
Wednesday 23rd October
Tuesday 22nd October
Monday 21st October
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
Saturday Law Interview - Weekly interview with a legal mind on Law, Life & Society
Wig - Daily Newspaper Focusing on Law & Society
MetaLawIndex - Informal Blog chronicling life behind the scene at LawNewsIndex & Twitter
Welcome
to the year's 41th edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought
to you by the SundayLawReview team.
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:
- In-house lawyers predicted to set up law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Jkld3TSvvy
- Lack of diversity should raise flag about firms, LSB tells regulators | Legal Futures http://t.co/BjbmMUmAoj
- Barrister-led firm becomes first dedicated tax ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/S4gBomWNvA
- Eight in 10 executives doubt their company's ability to handle legal risk | Legalweek http://t.co/en8cgourHY
- BofA legal costs rise to one billion dollars | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0hvwzfxzEn
- GCHQ 'probably' intercepting lawyers emails | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/98uLXYt4jK
- Balva policyholders left to call Riga number | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KTZEBBwIYy
- Lawyers are invited to engage with the European Commission’s justice priority plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/SR7nxMC3X2
- Firm rewards staff with shorter working week | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZKnzs2VQwY
- Bar disciplinary rules ‘opaque’ says High Court | Law Gazette http://t.co/BrgHJPbOVT
- Anti-corruption warning to in-house | Law Gazette http://t.co/URs2QK0yAO
- CoA upholds ‘commonsense’ appeal over school PI claim | Law Gazette http://t.co/sebrihXxsV
- PI firms ignoring rules to comply with referral fee ban, says SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/Ga5isI2P1o
- Legal profession praised over social mobility | Law Gazette http://t.co/rilbHfQb0K
- New competence framework essential to avoid a legal Mid-Staffs scandal, says SRA | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/yCmBKTHnMB
- Government reforms ‘a blot on the rule of law’, Lord Neuberger warns of inefficiencies | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/iKd18aPO2W
- Grayling rejects ‘Europeanisation’ of justice | Law Gazette http://t.co/sRpPtVqNmd
- Townsend: unprecedented change not over | Law Gazette http://t.co/CFzksY8ZnC
- Five Golden Rules for a Successful IBA Experience | The Lawyer http://t.co/NLJHJEXV6z
- Compliance chief at scandal-hit Barclays takes time out due to "stress and exhaustion" | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ta0n01OUe8
- English solicitors on the edge as profession faces meltdown your business advantage http://t.co/oT6HsD9ttR
- UK law firm collapses under new PI rules | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/iPmsSzafWk
- Big data issues for investors raised by SEC chief | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/L4DUffO778
- GCs likely to be reached by law firm bloggers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/N3NSLw674d
- Global commercial law market worth US$300 billion | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mIVegyYSue
- Barclays compliance chief takes stress leave | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/WC1Mr9ILxI
- Lord Neuberger: Legal aid cuts threaten to deny justice http://t.co/XpspyMcUfX
- ‘Get big, get niche or get out,’ Marshall tells personal injury firms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/OlsyqpJe7Y
- High Court rejects challenge to BSB disciplinary tribunals | Legal Futures http://t.co/dE5brA3iEh
- SRA launches review of COFA role | Legal Futures http://t.co/DObyCfeGyA
- The SRA is right to devolve compliance responsibility to firms, but they still need guidance | Law Gazette http://t.co/gLKxpyfjZk
- No firm is too big to fail, says SRA director | Law Gazette http://t.co/Tg4jkWRH9Z
- Barrass: don't be afraid to speak to the SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/9yYiYlpLWQ
- Rates consultation coming next month, reveals judge | Law Gazette http://t.co/UvGHb0QTyd
- Guideline hourly rates review could begin next month | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/9vcTTNJzFb
- £160 duty solicitor fee ‘unlikely to be viable’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/kqFY0wvjaj
- Footballers and employment law | Law Gazette http://t.co/iWCVfBFPmh
- Now is a great moment to push for data about crime and justice to be published online | Law Gazette http://t.co/hgD8Ogp19w
- What’s holding back family mediation? | Law Gazette http://t.co/cUd57pMDJf
- Mayson attacks market in "spurious claims" and urges focus on value | Legal Futures http://t.co/cY6vsktKNI
- Court clarifies statelessness in Al-Jedda: Home secretary acted unlawfully | New Law Journal: http://t.co/kSDlcsPZ0D
- Asylum in disarray: Call for detained fast track system to be closed | New Law Journal: http://t.co/TueWSPIglg
- Pennington's Manches purchase results in 115-partner firm | New Law Journal: http://t.co/0gpqLcjVCi
- Magna Carta: 800th anniversary should remind us to keep check on authority of the state | New Law Journal: http://t.co/HGW6odUVWq
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights trumps domestic law | New Law Journal: http://t.co/K6QJ4upIxQ
- “Flexible” working on the Queen’s Bench: First flexible vacancies are advertised | New Law Journal: http://t.co/smP9UYaf5x
- SRA targets document storage in aim to save millions | New Law Journal: http://t.co/KYRTwRF4KV
- Banks await fate of LIBOR | New Law Journal: http://t.co/9bIgnmdexn
- Banker can’t lord it over villagers | New Law Journal: http://t.co/1UvRjldmeB
- Townsend: regulation "needs to be like radiotherapy" | New Law Journal: http://t.co/jY7YHk0vwW
- Khawar Qureshi QC to chair international arbitration debate - Halsbury’s Law Exchange debate | New Law Journal: http://t.co/I8yVHH1Yi6
- Demise of single joint expert? Results of UK Register of Expert Witnesses Survey 2013 revealed | New Law Journal: http://t.co/xJXWyBlmyK
- Criminal firms will collapse, not consolidate, if legal aid cuts are too fast, government warned | Legal Futures http://t.co/8iaLDJeUkr
- SRA to strip away restrictions on qualifying as a solicitor | Legal Futures http://t.co/Si69ZCRkib
- Solicitor faces being struck off for turning blind eye to money laundering http://t.co/QT4CsvMUZ6
- Jackson: we’ll hear from appeal court soon | Law Gazette http://t.co/jHvXMPAtJU
- LCJ urges Wales to start afresh | Law Gazette http://t.co/h6SvNZmgX4
- Disclosing dirty laundry? | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QCrcmbdNcv
- ABA International to arrive in London this week | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5F5V1u8g9u
- Lawyers' security meeting in Pakistan ends in scuffle | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cMFPvnacYI
- Clients get sceptical about premium law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dPe8U1ofja
- Peer makes fresh attempt at cohabitation rights bill | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/7lSqE0uaXw
- The SRA has six million files in storage | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/0BaU4BaeLW
- For firms to offer the same service in the same old way is selling Scotland short | The Lawyer http://t.co/wgFmxzHr9q
- Scottish model of the independent law firm has a lot going for it | The Lawyer http://t.co/vCihhlKS4x
- There are concerns that Scottish planning policy could put the brake on development | The Lawyer http://t.co/ofs6mAXmY4
- Real estate deals in Scotland are up but there are complex motives behind the sales | The Lawyer http://t.co/tKWeAmP0g8
- International firms are finding the French market has passed its best | The Lawyer http://t.co/tVHekFpTD8
- Document management: The digital edge | The Lawyer http://t.co/93A9Psx1AU
- Good old British household names dominated the deals listings in September | The Lawyer http://t.co/eu45Z6r40r
- High Court delivers blow to libel tourism in Magnitsky libel ruling | The Lawyer http://t.co/BQ3GvKNFLw
- SRA seeks to save millions with intervention rules change | Law Gazette http://t.co/VVT7CI77E7
- Training overhaul at least four years away, says SRA | Law Gazette http://t.co/ETjLfhqh93
- Regulators defend separate responses to LETR | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/vcy7FWTnPP
- Pioneer Law Gazette editor Sheila Pratt dies | Law Gazette http://t.co/MCxTRzfyQH
- Regional firms buy files from Harris Cartier in PII fallout | Law Gazette http://t.co/68QINFAOM4
- Room for ‘only 300 criminal firms’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/I6BzKqGJav
- Justice Secretary Grayling: legal market needs to be more diverse and innovative | Legal Futures http://t.co/mQXSlt1e9u
- The UK is a non-protectionist island in a sea of closed jurisdictions | Law Gazette http://t.co/T100TG21bX
- Judicial recusal: judge must step down in circumstances where there appears to be bias or apparent bias | Law Gazette http://t.co/ackynEa0Jc
- National Crime Agency: the big picture | Law Gazette http://t.co/s2yHrGir8D
- Regulating ABSs: levelling the playing field | Law Gazette http://t.co/ylWQT1IPLw
- Clash between the Mail and Ed Miliband can teach us a lot about human rights & crisis management | Law Gazette http://t.co/fJn4CjPwDR
- EU access directive | Law Gazette http://t.co/bIawEKbHrJ
- Scholarship payments on offer: 11 law degree scholarships worth £6,000 & placements with leading firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/bIegw5jxiA
- Standardised property deals procedure launched | Law Gazette http://t.co/dc6Gux9p7R
- Poor due diligence plagues lateral hire | Law Gazette http://t.co/pV5qNvSPaV
- Britons take to video to learn US law | Law Gazette http://t.co/gFePOsBzmx
- Legal training shake-up must not ‘dumb down’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/6tw5ctb6Up
- Comparison site aims exclusively at SME market | Legal Futures http://t.co/mGmuhhxsuu
- Scottish chiefs split over future of the market | The Lawyer http://t.co/tBAW5eP23G
Interviews, features and obituaries of Lawyers:
- 'No more the meek & mild subservience', arise Madam Counsel |
TheLawMap Interview with Jane Needham SC, Senior Vice President, NSW
Australia Bar Association http://t.co/Yqs07o8C3x
- 'To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world' | TheLawMap Interview with Dr. Paul Bernal, Lectuer at the University of East Anglia Law School http://tinyurl.com/ohvc2vf
- In-house interview: GC Simon Dowler of legal team at software house Misys | The Lawyer http://t.co/c1itmQk9CQ
- Weekender Interview: Florian Schmidt-Gabain, lawyer, 31 http://t.co/NCW7lEPJN9
Interesting articles on the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
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.
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 18th October
Thursday 17th October
Wednesday 16th October
Tuesday 15th October
Monday 14th October
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
Saturday Law Interview - Weekly interview with a legal mind on Law, Life & Society
Wig - Daily Newspaper Focusing on Law & Society
MetaLawIndex - Informal Blog chronicling life behind the scene at LawNewsIndex & Twitter
Welcome
to the year's 40th edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought
to you by the SundayLawReview team.
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:
- Lawyers to shrink 25 per cent by 2020 | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/IvyIaqmjFI
- Law Society makes plea for understanding on legal aid strategy in bid to ward off EGM | Legal Futures http://t.co/m66h47QWtk
- Bar Standards Board statement regarding costs and the QASA Judicial Review BSB https://t.co/pkwYgeeg4l
- Addleshaws lays out future vision: fewer lawyers, fewer firms, new business models | Legal Futures http://t.co/XsIJikmkI2
- Reshuffle leads to shake-up in ministerial briefs at MoJ | Legal Futures http://t.co/sfjK0fSO7g
- New controversy over law firms in hacking inquiry | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/OuZu36AcSw
- BSB lays out plan to take forward LETR | Legal Futures http://t.co/bJI334eIw3
- Government funding boosts ABS's major growth plan | Legal Futures http://t.co/0yde9ZWXHX
- Pioneering landlord eviction service becomes ABS | Law Gazette http://t.co/6TPQFky7Yf
- Diversity improves for all but women lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vCXKUHdjnf
- Vara gets legal aid brief following MoJ reshuffle | Law Gazette http://t.co/wVqn2CkPWx
- BSB hits back in row over costs of challenge to QASA | Law Gazette http://t.co/V0XxbhlmnG
- BSB issues statement after Twitter confusion over judicial review costs | The Lawyer http://t.co/LfNYpQVj1F
- SRA chief pledges ‘bonfire of education and training regulations’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/3DKXfOVUaq
- LSB demands non-lawyer chairs of SRA and BSB | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/o0RAtam2ea
- Women GCs don't plan their rise to the top | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5DCfTp5rck
- A global epicentre | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/571KkUm7Yt
- Banks pay out for BigData lapses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/CqDagbjYHo
- IBA has much to be grandiose about, but members should not be made to feel small | Law Gazette http://t.co/G9etxUKf2B
- QASA claimants granted costs cap - but at 10 times the level they wanted | Legal Futures http://t.co/VLlVZipHNL
- Financial reality is perhaps starting to take hold of Law Firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/ONaGZbNhJA
- Regulators accused of failing to collaborate over LETR responses | Legal Futures http://t.co/cS3m0XhtxH
- Law Society calls on members to engage with Government over legal aid | The Lawyer http://t.co/pOwzqd6fAy
- Top firms set to do battle at 2013 British Legal Awards | Legalweek http://t.co/RLs6XKQh2g
- Hudson hits back at criminal legal aid critics | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/lRnuFm9Paq
- Edmonds to step down as chair of LSB | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/FvKUyDhuP9
- Kill off outdated family law, says retiring Coleridge | Law Gazette http://t.co/E0v8SJ4qcU
- Society tackles 'false impressions' over MoJ engagement | Law Gazette http://t.co/sKfXMwRoQY
- Women lawyers paid less than men, survey shows | Law Gazette http://t.co/bLPCs6zt8s
- Justice Secretary announces UK Global Law Summit | New Law Journal: http://t.co/oK8vOl94ZY
- Lacking indemnity: 185 firms apply for EIP | New Law Journal: http://t.co/5IKpvmA44E
- Gain clients & save costs: Is legal project management the future? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/IuQPDvm4MO
- New crime-fighting body is established | New Law Journal: http://t.co/IXtgybK8Qq
- Law Commission makes request for reform proposals | New Law Journal: http://t.co/XkbJHMPHBk
- Lack of regulation in vitamin industry | New Law Journal: http://t.co/qZ9JDeD5hL
- Post-Leveson costs change, Lawyer warns means-testing must be set at appropriate level | New Law Journal: http://t.co/P4nv173C2r
- High Court makes important decision on proportionality, in professional negligence claim | New Law Journal: http://t.co/AF9pmIy9R5
- A diverse legal profession...for some, An inclusive profession—but not for women | New Law Journal: http://t.co/bZLcr2Sy20
- Female lawyers earn a third less than males | The Lawyer http://t.co/O67VoPfn2D
- 175 firms face closure after failing to secure insurance | Law Gazette http://t.co/gjWD75aOgl
- Criminal bar gets green light to challenge QASA | Law Gazette http://t.co/AYcYoWkxLo
- CLC set to resume narrowed litigation rights battle | Legal Futures http://t.co/WQcPptjfww
- LSB sparks fresh independence row with call for regulators to have lay chairs | Legal Futures http://t.co/oeEQ3Ml92d
- Up to 175 firms at risk of closure after failing to secure indemnity cover | The Lawyer http://t.co/8xx0qvHbq5
- A great idea in February 2003, a new government body, the Assets Recovery Agency? | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/jQHRcaQQZ3
- LSB calls for all regulators to have lay chairs | Law Gazette http://t.co/CnEdxijYJ3
- IBA 2013: magic circle leader predicts £9bn revenues | Law Gazette http://t.co/TSiCKqZKVQ
- IBA 2013: opposition to open jurisdictions 'uncompetitive' | Law Gazette http://t.co/P0FDKbB77m
- IBA 2013: lawyers urged to act on poverty | Law Gazette http://t.co/BNdgLGaJNH
- SRA responds to education review with ‘bonfire of regulations’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/tGvM7cLeQu
- Solicitor Shailesh Vara is new justice minister | Law Gazette http://t.co/6RK75Rvu73
- Grant shuffled out as PM names ex-City solicitor as new justice minister | Legal Futures http://t.co/3aixd77W1T
- High Court gives green light to QASA judicial review | Legal Futures http://t.co/VAZKZVTLr7
- Many law firms are handling complaints better, thus reducing the need to for referral to the ombudsman | Law Gazette http://t.co/0u8pm8ptql
- Opening ceremony to the new legal year | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/Cfbd1P9002
- Jackson’s civil justice reforms: the verdict is in | Law Gazette http://t.co/4hDTX6XpfB
- Judicial review and public sector equality duty | Law Gazette http://t.co/liMhKjTccY
- Clients need to know their rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/PvS2rvuBRd
- What what law firms can do – and are doing – to promote diversity and inclusion | Law Gazette http://t.co/YJnplRLTFJ
- The Law Commission is relying on you to help modernise the law | Law Gazette http://t.co/XJsNunqxh9
- Taking power away from Strasbourg will not stop Supreme Court from enforcing human rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/tKN6HS0hjj
- As accountants apply for a licence to grant probate, law firms must catch up if they want to compete | Law Gazette http://t.co/UbBR0LkcHa
- Developments in legal services often follow a similar pattern | Law Gazette http://t.co/CEin5AqY8u
- UK LLP hit as foreign firms look to compete | Law Gazette http://t.co/CfPPRvnyJX
- QualitySolicitors urges TV viewers to love lawyers | Legal Futures http://t.co/imwMdV2AQS
- Legal sector: different eras | Law Gazette http://t.co/pqLUsX73dr
- Will-search charge | Law Gazette http://t.co/vQbuQKb4G7
- Driven to extinction by PII fiasco | Law Gazette http://t.co/SauhcadtVH
- Don’t eradicate religion from public life | Law Gazette http://t.co/4qKD9x6sfJ
- Private trust companies could be the way of the future for HNWs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xHUXkxiZtA
- ‘Don't treat older lawyers like they're dead,’ says former IBA chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/Yknq4du5Zz
- US unwilling to discuss ABSs, says bar association insider | Law Gazette http://t.co/fumVlS8u4e
- Don’t speak ill of the dead - The press is not fit to regulate itself | The Lawyer http://t.co/9wO6JWugFd
- Junior barristers warned they are 'fair game' to political spin | Law Gazette http://t.co/FqT0ywJktx
- John Hyde reports from the 2013 International Bar Association Conference | Law Gazette http://t.co/OdwBe5cfm5
- Global law summit to celebrate Magna Carta’s 800 years | Law Gazette http://t.co/0IjNoDQ3Se
- Axiom chief urges more and faster change in legal market | Legal Futures http://t.co/m0MdFaOW0s
- Grayling unveils plan for first UK Global Law Summit | Legal Futures http://t.co/fPcAOdRjjW
- Society’s mission to explain at IBA | Law Gazette http://t.co/YHwunX6V8d
- Former Law Society President Woolf elected Lord Mayor | Law Gazette http://t.co/m5qOOG8Thy
- Society warns PCT could still be resurrected | Law Gazette http://t.co/7IulDZyKeb
- In-house ‘has to be independent’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/7d16qLgPrb
- Malaysia set to clear way for foreign law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/ABOzTOeKFj
- Lender seeks to plug costs funding gap for firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/N02Iq1G0Ar
- Patents County Court renamed | Law Gazette http://t.co/MwTQ7HvMWY
- Recognise this lot? | Law Gazette http://t.co/k4rkJFscvm
- A wigging from Hale | Law Gazette http://t.co/e5WdukSxYQ
- UK LLP hit as foreign firms look to compete | Law Gazette http://t.co/CfPPRvnyJX
- No gain in personal injury pain | The Lawyer http://t.co/Sj16VEPTdG
- Casualties of law in the PI fallout | The Lawyer http://t.co/Sb5elvR1eG
- Learning to live with procurement | The Lawyer http://t.co/wkNWT4yUWN
- Learning to love procurement | The Lawyer http://t.co/1biGdmCbXF
Interviews, features and obituaries of Lawyers:
Interesting articles on the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
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Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 11th October
Thursday 10th October
Wednesday 9th October
Tuesday 8th October
Monday 7th October
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TheLawMap Publications at a glance:
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Welcome
to the year's 39th edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought
to you by the SundayLawReview team.
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:
Interviews, features and obituaries of Lawyers:
- In-house interview: Manulife’s Asia GC Steven Yeo uses the Chinese philosophy of ‘yin and yang’ | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lzeseqiw3S
- David Frei - legal services director for the United Synagogue - Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/dxClxWnu0H
Interesting articles on the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
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.
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 4th October
Thursday 3rd October
Wednesday 2nd October
Tuesday 1st October
Monday 30th September
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
Saturday Law Interview - Weekly interview with a legal mind on Law, Life & Society
Wig - Daily Newspaper Focusing on Law & Society
MetaLawIndex - Informal Blog chronicling life behind the scene at LawNewsIndex & Twitter
