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:
- No date yet for company ownership register | Law Gazette http://t.co/rLclvGCRal
- Court of Appeal TV to began today | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/fSygBod5SO
- Death threats over a bag of crisps: the perils of working in-house | The Lawyer http://t.co/mF7VkrpHii
- Fraud firms agree not to break barrister boycott | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/7E3PQ7OlgC
- Professional insolvencies on the rise in the UK | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/kWvwkP6jAS
- A 90 year ban on cameras in court in the UK has been lifted | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/IR2zPDrLPn
- The true cost of the UK's new Immigration Bill | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/azlo6UD3na
- End in sight for 153 firms entering cessation period | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4ggDk48Bz5
- Caution over drop in employment tribunal claims | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/2Phfy4WzJz
- Innovative divorce mediation service aiming to help couples whose family have financial interest | New Law Journal: http://t.co/4HWqxk0ivT
- Five in a row for pensions lawyer Tim Cox from Linklaters | New Law Journal: http://t.co/UEy39x8Dgm
- Hacking Ashton closes: Staffordshire ABS enters liquidation | New Law Journal: http://t.co/agUH6OPP5Q
- JR reforms: restrictions on judicial review could spark a “new generation of satellite litigation” | New Law Journal: http://t.co/HKayiAUCqS
- Prisoners’ votes? Solicitors to appear before Parliamentary Joint Committee | New Law Journal: http://t.co/NYmWzzLXcl
- Hourly rates: Costs Committee calls for evidence on GHR | New Law Journal: http://t.co/AyJubckQR8
- Regions, not London, best, says LCJ | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Rzqt5yN97b
- Small claim limit likely to stay put | New Law Journal: http://t.co/hwK50s4dIU
- Immigration lawyer warns of consequences of new Immigration Bill | New Law Journal: http://t.co/gr9oVp3UUb
- NLJ / LSLA survey of litigators reveals widespread concerns over Jackson reform impact | New Law Journal: http://t.co/MRZalfEkPs
- Justices rule: Considering best interests of a patient who lacks capacity is not objective test | New Law Journal: http://t.co/N5ZDbs41WA
- 153 firms left without cover:SRA confirms large number of firms have failed to secure PII | New Law Journal: http://t.co/aegYfNcM2c
- Ambitious students: Law students’ confidence is riding high despite the economic gloom | New Law Journal: http://t.co/7HM2e5sc2p
- Legal aid campaigners call on Nick Clegg | New Law Journal: http://t.co/NRT9W3Gcte
- SRA confirms 153 uninsured firms face closure | The Lawyer http://t.co/O0IxUddyrM
- High Court refuses to lower £150k costs cap on QASA battle | The Lawyer http://t.co/0ln8IBR8lX
- Senior judge warns of leap in Oxbridge lawyers | The Telegraph http://t.co/qDLQ62bIWl
- Form filling: What sort of question is that? | Law Gazette http://t.co/hjuP6YHurb
- Co-operative Legal Services announces bar panel | Law Gazette http://t.co/RS4NNC6XSC
- PI specialists are the law's "climate change deniers" | Legal Futures http://t.co/s3BXHt1Cpo
- Lawyers to earn higher legal aid fees for early guilty pleas | Guardian Law http://t.co/SjyFO07c09
- QASA claimants lose bid to cut costs exposure | Legal Futures http://t.co/IRyxIUTgn0
- Hopper hits out at SRA referral fee guidance | Legal Futues http://t.co/LCEHMdswnB
- Firms fail diversity challenge | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/7qhyFRv6pP
- Why do lawyers get so emotional over litigation funding | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/D2q6HQjdPv
- Fraud firms agree not to break barrister boycott | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/DlK5oYt0bv
- PII: exit plans | Law Gazette http://t.co/10r4F2tCE4
- Legal aid is still available - but don’t tell anyone | Law Gazette http://t.co/ohE8b6E0JJ
- Don't turn a blind eye to human rights, City firms urged | Law Gazette http://t.co/7pQf4fHuJx
- Cameras arrive in Court of Appeal | Law Gazette http://t.co/AEH7DzgoXJ
- Baroness Hale on legal aid cuts: “There will be human rights issues” | The Lawyer http://t.co/T5bBInJGym
- Number of law firms dips to new low | Law Gazette http://t.co/pZnPQdUJE4
- Ministry of Justice tries to stave off VHCC boycott | Law Gazette http://t.co/6E8NzwdWz1
- Lack of PII puts 153 firms on cessation list | Law Gazette http://t.co/5VW8A7UkwE
- Peers advise government to rejoin EU crime fighting measures | Law Gazette http://t.co/rKATIWIRG1
- Chancery Lane seeks further changes to legal aid reforms | Law Gazette http://t.co/xzZMST1R14
- The government’s approach to electronic proofs of identity will have implications for solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/XicnKNbRoc
- Crime victims to get right to address courts directly | Law Gazette http://t.co/J6hsVTmeTh
- Staffordshire firm Hacking Ashton is first ABS to fail | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/LbcmKs7JHA
- Predicted collapses an opportunity for well-managed firms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/2R3NLgXeZM
- Lawyer's blog covered by ethics rules | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/qubL1pXH4N
- ABS just the latest innovation for one of the most unusual legal practices in the UK | Legal Futures http://t.co/hXfe8Rvq3Z
- What lawyers put in their website bios v What people want to see http://t.co/Bjn3rQ6EAe
- Podcast of latest Law in Action: are we training too many lawyers when there's a shortage of jobs? http://t.co/qkTIMfr
- The cart, the horse, the nut and the sledgehammer: a review of the QASA Handbook - ICLR http://t.co/iZyxGIlVtk
- Isn't it time you knew where your clients came from? | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/tdBW8EEvHo
- Six new faces join consumer watchdog 'Legal Services Consumer panel' | Law Gazette http://t.co/2SOJdwJS77
- The courts are secular, says top family judge | Law Gazette http://t.co/lAZm7C4LZr
- Judicial review clampdown could trigger ‘new generation of satellite litigation’ | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/uXlZfj6ey7
- Looming PII deadline could sink 176 firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/5ZqYFi5Rag
- Guideline rates: why solicitors must engage | Law Gazette http://t.co/Z9EDMjcwWD
- Row brews over Legal Services Board's lay chairs proposal | Legal Futures http://t.co/b9ljJfp8Ps
- How leading chambers reacted to "shock" of Riverview Law by embracing barrister innovation | Legal Futures http://t.co/yUofdqCQUx
- SRA reaches 200 ABSs but one enters liquidation as another has license revoked | Legal Futures http://t.co/n01HxaleXy
- Press Association turns to The Economist Group for new GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/brxKPgXvgm
- Exiting PI: the value of a strategic and measured approach to selling WIP | Legal Futures http://t.co/5IG0poPktL
- Are lawyers currently excluding clients with learning disabilites? | Guardian Law http://t.co/YbN8MP2n7h
- LinkedIn lawyers could be flouting ethics rules | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/JlOgQvsJK6
- Firms need to step carefully after CC Singapore gaffe | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/wDPf0uhVl1
- A quarter of lawyers doubt abilities of top managers | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/24kU41jNY2
- PI firms join forces to buy out sector refugees | Law Gazette http://t.co/bDOuwnQKC6
- Redundancy claims from Challinors’ collapse may reach 150 | Law Gazette http://t.co/D7p1B2o7mD
- Scots warm to flexible working | Law Gazette http://t.co/1Zcc45tOVe
- Troubled Midlands firm Hacking Ashton LLP goes under | Law Gazette http://t.co/0zYvjgQITG
- Lawyers have criticised plans to merge the bodies running Scotland's tribunals and court services http://t.co/iMeZDhHdPw
- Law Society accused of ‘abject surrender’ on criminal legal aid | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Zn0O6O0Ftw
- Top City firm fights off cyber attack | The Lawyer http://t.co/BKikRfE5eg
- ABI "perplexed" by solicitors being forced to pay towards their trade body | Legal Futures http://t.co/AH7Tt6ok7R
- Top personal injury names join forces to buy out market leavers | Legal Futures http://t.co/BLCWhN7OBc
- Cyber security: IBM ramps up its analytics armoury | The Lawyer http://t.co/p8HfNcH4RF
- Technology assisted review in the age of big data | The Lawyer http://t.co/jmAPU1IHpP
- Knickerbocker Glori-a tees up the right to be forgotten | The Lawyer http://t.co/CcP787x0Dv
- The chaos surrounding this year’s solicitors’ PI renewals has been partly blamed on unrated carriers | Compliancy Services http://t.co/mHyC4v1DlN
- Cyber security: In search of cyber confidence | The Lawyer http://t.co/m3VrhkUAeD
- Cyber security: How to fix bad files at an early stage | The Lawyer http://t.co/yPB2KZT8OR
- Cyber security: An immune system for information | The Lawyer http://t.co/fBZ1QQ0YAd
- Cyber security Q&A: Investment by digital guardians | The Lawyer http://t.co/tMZeQGTmrM
- Cyber security Q&A: Mechanics of cyber warfare | The Lawyer http://t.co/HNaR4HjLcG
- Cyber security: it’s big and it’s scary | The Lawyer http://t.co/ckGcKseXVH
- Switzerland: Numbers game | The Lawyer http://t.co/OV83Hjma6a
- Cyber security in-house interview: Catherine Bamford, senior ICO solicitor - A warning from the watchdog | The Lawyer http://t.co/K4Q3to4NZF
- Job Watch: Commercial litigation | The Lawyer http://t.co/JFzHC1hpXF
- Cyber security: Lawyers are the weakest link | The Lawyer http://t.co/0eSHE8eaH7
- 11KBW ponders future of CEO role as incumbent exits | The Lawyer http://t.co/PJzHxtJ8eS
- Citigroup to shake up panel with reduced roster | The Lawyer http://t.co/yA0NG34G46
- Offshore: reasons to be cheerful | Law Gazette http://t.co/6rxpqsHmRz
- MoJ writes off £76m in uncollected court fines | Law Gazette http://t.co/P6Lt5jXJdX
- Trainee retention rate steady | Law Gazette http://t.co/2ntwuVheCm
- MP to fight Welsh court closure plan | Law Gazette http://t.co/elN9qpdrZ8
- Third-party capture in Grayling's sights | Law Gazette http://t.co/iRZFoy3Bdb
- High Court set to rule on tribunal fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/v9myQzYmDi
- Barrister boycott could cause cases to collapse | Law Gazette http://t.co/hG5Ady0hBC
- Boycott could cause cases to collapse | Law Gazette http://t.co/H6HaBu6hPW
- Interview with Ghazala Bashey, Director and Head of Litigation at Winn Holding Limited http://t.co/0s500bDCaK
- Lawyer Management Profiles - George Wilkinson the director of marketing at Ashfords | The Lawyer http://t.co/KMilb5lblK
- US: The lawyer who worked for free loved politics, justice and life (Life Stories: Jack Hamilton) http://t.co/fQzujn8T76
- Profiles in Justice: Josh Dubin, America's hottest litigation consultant | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/qr1SCG2jYF
- From Bombay HC to London’s Royal Courts of Justice: Karishma Parekh’s long journey to become an English barrister http://t.co/2A23zjbSX3
- A landmark day in court for Landmark's Lieven | The Lawyer http://t.co/9OfgOL4ICp
Interesting articles on the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
- Universities 'should reduce intake of law students' | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/seyhv4z1ef
- Hales outlines worries over too many law students, too few jobs | Legal Futures http://t.co/lVjmYE7fr3
- Bar Standards Board chief: 'There are too many people at the Bar' and BPTC entry threshold 'has to be higher' : http://t.co/xwFeC0lyqi
- Unpaid work experience a bar to diversity, say young lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Bd2bxkhaW
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.
- Citizens of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your data http://t.co/giay5Ml0Cv
- Reforms for female offenders will improve family ties and employment links https://t.co/d0Biz6ywTN
- The Deadly Burden of Honour : War, Riots and Ethnic strife and Violence against Women http://t.co/CGcDEbyPcF
- R (PressBoF) v Culture Secretary: the press's grounds for judicial review - http://t.co/TGTFuQkaXP
- R (PressBoF) v Culture Secretary: today's hearing - http://t.co/DXx3tGEC6x
- R (PressBoF) v Culture Secretary: today's application to the Court of Appeal - http://t.co/DjqCrqVjyd
- Europe toughens privacy law - up to €100 m fines http://t.co/JzzH7c95ZR
- Christian values must not sway courts, says top judge http://t.co/RJlVr0gA1m
- Press regulation: The 10 major questions http://t.co/1PoGdctoD0
- High Court refuses injunction on press regulation charter | The Lawyer http://t.co/ao7dMiFf2O
- Government bid to reverse 'back to work' legality ruling rejected by Supreme Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/AYBzwMHzky
- TwistedLaw article and Divorce inforgraphic http://t.co/qJkMPIBTtx
- Family courts judiciary are ‘secular judges serving a multi-cultural community’ http://t.co/siGkoXzerz
- Legal system in the eyes of modern analytical jurisprudence http://t.co/mN2Zh3hbqY
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 1st November
- Dacheng launches into Mongolia http://t.co/MUlzHMqvk0
- Energy chief Shasha exits Gowlings’ City office http://t.co/OHfLCDWnjK
- Enlarged King & Wood Mallesons forms new global organisational structure http://t.co/qeW3Djg4Fp
- Clyde & Co is the first international law firm to get approval to open up in south west China http://t.co/aHwgvIJF2J
- Dentons Europe turns to legacy Salans for CEO as Oleszczuk steps down http://t.co/CcyunfPrnx
- Garrigues turnover continues downward trend as 14 made up http://t.co/ju4JTzUVQ1
- King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin merger goes live tomorrow http://t.co/juRe8ejdtu
- Proskauer, Dewey gain approval for $8.8m in MF Global fees http://t.co/gc27xH6jNr
- Two Addleshaw Goddard partners to face disciplinary tribunal http://t.co/vj5HPetntX
- Squire Sanders re-elects Crossley and Mahon as managing partners http://t.co/r3ZVeRfLrz
- SJ Berwin chief on merger with King & Wood Mallesons: "The world has changed" http://t.co/cyil30M89c
- Co-op Legal Services adds 13 chambers to bar panel http://t.co/rCBNZ8FhKZ
- A&O joins magic circle rivals in hiking associate pay http://t.co/RKUABjx1vx
- Legal changes at TIME as News Corp veteran steps in prior to spinoff from Time Warner http://t.co/fdJShOFX4q
- Grimsby based legal firm Wilkin Chapman Grange moves up the national listings as expertise is proven http://t.co/R6J7co8hPJ
- Chelsea FC seeks first in-house lawyer http://t.co/ePAtBeEEpl
- Keystone Law set for Sydney launch http://t.co/CSP1wGpM4l
- Chinese law firms fined by regulator http://t.co/Oeb1AreOzp
- Deutsche Bank posts one billion euro legal provision http://t.co/iQLDancURk
- Hill Dickinson expands in London with two-partner hire http://t.co/8DbhNZZbFj
- Clydes breaks new ground in China with Chongqing joint venture http://t.co/HRjIEZHtBT
- Baker & McKenzie strengthens German team with Gleiss hire http://t.co/nxhHyseSQe
- Dentons vote on McKenna Long tie-up expected within two weeks http://t.co/xkgSpduBSu
- BLP management to review banking department as finance head quits http://t.co/33mIcekfBt
- Clifford Chance and Hogan Lovells advise Breaking Bad network AMC on €750m acquisition http://t.co/iOcuMu92vO
- China cracks down on securities violations as several firms fined http://t.co/NxfdZliLKX
- Osborne Clarke hit by bank account scam letters http://t.co/zmQaaPGMb7
- Now that is dispersed - ABS Keystone sets sights on Australian expansion http://t.co/UJm3yJHGOJ
- Ex-Slaughters lawyer faces Hong Kong trial http://t.co/x2get3PIeQ
- Deutsche Bank allocates €1.2bn for legal costs as profits tumble http://t.co/2Nz1MQ3owL
- Follett Stock case proceeds to higher judge as firm closes Bristol office http://t.co/4GLrBQQ0fV
- Debevoise and Linklaters win roles on Russian metal group's $1bn Eurobond offering http://t.co/5ZUbnowbIA
- Rebekah Brooks' legal team revealed as gagging order lifted http://t.co/BcCcEgVgd4
- Former Slaughters and Linklaters lawyers to face insider trading trial in Hong Kong http://t.co/lECY86Daxt
- Garrigues begins Latin American expansion with Colombia launch http://t.co/88RuDGfjFv
- Squire Sanders teams up with Ukrainian firm in association move http://t.co/TTIyQywIvC
- Gordon Brown Law Firm, with offices in Newcastle & Chester-le-Street, has been named Legal Group Member of the Year http://t.co/wrhA6WGbEQ
- Law firm Lodders celebrates deal with Gloucestershire quarrying business Huntsman Quarries http://t.co/CpvMgbooLD
- US: Washington law firm Patton Boggs is in merger talks http://t.co/WhwiZmILxV
- Al Tamimi moves into Oman for latest office launch http://t.co/D7hZpvx4JJ
- US firm Herzfeld granted Myanmar licence http://t.co/yCkwPbxE9O
- Orrick in merger talks with Pillsbury http://t.co/Lcnk7Nmiqk
- Former Bakers London managing partner wins executive committee role http://t.co/DVqDBEohL6
- Ukraine's Sayenko Kharenko launches London office with Bakers hire http://t.co/JfjpgHdCYw
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