The week started with the outsourcing giant Serco being set to be investigated by MPs after it was forced to publish an internal report into claims of repeated sexual assaults at one of its immigration detention centres. The end of the week saw various legal publications reporting on the end of the mandatory 16 hours of CPD and the proposal to overhaul the professional development with an annual declaration of pledging to continue development.
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:
- Cloud computing - if only lawyers would put their smartphones away and listen | Law Gazette http://t.co/IbciAkaLQO
- MoJ’s ‘high-risk’ projects on the rise | Law Gazette http://t.co/yMdmlgDzhX
- Is your firm’s publicity putting you in the risk zone? | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/63SN18ZsPb
- The legal jobs market is picking up. But beware of time-wasters | Law Gazette http://t.co/L2alGxSkpW
- Mediations up but fees down, survey shows | Law Gazette http://t.co/IwNO5OyQrB
- Time for action on data security | The Lawyer http://t.co/8SZuFnXFmF
- GCs as the biggest influencers of the future of the law | The Lawyer http://t.co/RkIDzOTvk3
- High Court rules that Richard III must be buried in Leicester Cathedral | The Lawyer http://t.co/VGp8P4bzD8
- QBE splits advisers into two in new-look roster | The Lawyer http://t.co/DfunJR6BRz
- Helpline shareholders poised for £32.7m windfall | Law Gazette http://t.co/YjwCkCpmIx
- Landmark whistleblowing case could ‘open floodgates’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/RUkIFmw1XQ
- Judge shuns Mitchell stance in ‘interests of justice’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/IoLbf4pS1z
- Consumers need help with decisions on legal services, says LSB research | Legal Futures http://t.co/FHF4JewMuQ
- Clients charged fixed fees in almost half of all transactions, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/WlbB9TKI9w
- Fewer than one in ten people with legal problems see a lawyer | Legal Futures http://t.co/M5UauECH5L
- Leading trade unions make ABS play | Legal Futures http://t.co/cXCwZtfV5j
- Small businesses doubt value of legal advice | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Pdyw4w0jwO
- Supreme Court judgment: R (Barkas) v North Yorkshire | head of legal http://t.co/Pv7efCrxTR
- Unions create law firm ABS to rival high street | Law Gazette http://t.co/BvyfqDQXif
- London riots ruling opens way to new insurance claims | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/bizJQhL7rg
- Hope for litigators from court? CoA decision should sound “death knell” for post-Mitchell tactics | New Law Journal: http://t.co/PpmBImEBHU
- The rights approach: Supreme Court rules on child abduction & de facto custody | New Law Journal: http://t.co/EPyKG0Y5UQ
- CPD changes will require cultural shift | New Law Journal: http://t.co/2nWDOn0DYj
- Marital agreements | New Law Journal: http://t.co/VZMaI9VF3V
- Judges warn of adverse impact of legal aid reforms | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Bj8EbS5XCl
- Employment Lawyers Association warn of significant legal pitfalls in Bank of England’s proposals | New Law Journal: http://t.co/pG3226OEWz
- Increasing litigation cost could hinder appeal of English court system to foreign litigants | New Law Journal: http://t.co/iPDTuw6Crm
- Lord Chief Justice, President of SC, Attorney General 8,000 legal professions in London Legal Walk | New Law Journal: http://t.co/JwFsYKY7Lf
- Partners at LLPs safe to whistleblow | New Law Journal: http://t.co/gzzz05FgsG
- Artesian Law, the barrister-led legal disciplinary practice, is looking to develop a northern hub | New Law Journal: http://t.co/5jvUtIRByN
- Collapsed fraud trial decision overturned | New Law Journal: http://t.co/kQ3uP3QQPb
- London riots: liability is strict | New Law Journal: http://t.co/86ZAZiPk4V
- Alexander Horne and Oonagh Gay: Ending the Hamilton Affair? | UK Constitutional Law Association - http://t.co/rx7BsQvMqG
- When technology strikes fear into the hearts of the legal department http://t.co/m2xJmFfAOJ
- Lawyers have a lot to learn from their accountancy counterparts when it comes to pleasing clients | The Lawyer http://t.co/65ZD9uzjU2
- Call the PDS, regulator tells solicitors caught in protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/TuHEOExZN8
- Annual declaration replaces CPD hours | Law Gazette http://t.co/4QtebwoLT3
- Failure to fund child’s expert report unlawful | Law Gazette http://t.co/zhTRVIBLwr
- Firm loses negligence case in appeal court | Law Gazette http://t.co/58HnGiZ3tl
- Call the PDS, regulator tells solicitors caught in protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/kHtMfF08Sg
- 'Do you want a single regulator run by the Kings and Queens of quangos, asked Deech..?' Evolve, revolve or be Extinct http://t.co/MF20VYwHxm
- Professor Richard Morehead's analysis of the Jeoffrey report on criminal advocacy http://t.co/fOcggaLvs5
- Independent criminal advocacy in England and Wales | A Review by Sir Bill Jeffrey http://t.co/nL2NKtITv6
- R v Crawley and Ors, a quick look and some implications | Lawyerwatch http://t.co/eRhMbQUisx
- The new referral fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/fNeH1j6wOg
- CA upholds negligence ruling in miner's compensation case | Legal Futures http://t.co/C2MM2qOjra
- Training declarations to replace hours-based CPD | Legal Futures http://t.co/R9CPrnd8C1
- "Significant opportunity" for Saga Law expansion | Legal Futures http://t.co/QS7DZTDMaM
- Apple GC gives golden rules to law graduates | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NEY6ezOr00
- GM legal unit in spotlight over vehicle safety | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/L1xYsWrSmw
- GCs need to become better business partners | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tMKt3EmZ90
- Switzerland pips UK on divorce payout | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dbDGtHsgkR
- 76% of conveyancing firms face lender panel removal | Bridging & Commercial Distributor http://t.co/tpO4LoImEj
- Licensed conveyancers ask: “Dont lenders trust lawyers anymore? “ | Mortgage Finance Gazette http://t.co/ixFcWcypfQ
- RTA claims plummet, but insurers want more | Law Gazette http://t.co/LbvKsXoPjb
- SRA jettisons mandatory CPD training | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/igDWWnA4Gd
- FCA succeeds in reversing stay in Operation Cotton trial | The Lawyer http://t.co/cfnEySlsPA
- Whistleblowing judgment: partners are ‘workers’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/w21u2Mzqz1
- Court of Appeal overturns stay in case hit by bar boycott | Law Gazette http://t.co/iPmZXgJSDu
- SRA investigates dozens over PII disclosure | Law Gazette http://t.co/l1YaP2JLFY
- Regulators face having to appoint 'small business appeals champions' | Legal Futures http://t.co/znQNyMSFB0
- The Financial Services Compensation Scheme racks up £30m in fees over Keydata collapse | The Lawyer http://t.co/TsQOXL4G52
- CMCs continue to deluge Financial Ombudsman with PPI complaints | Legal Futures http://t.co/g7WnpzsuJy
- Law firm’s medical negligence advert was misleading, ASA rules | Legal Futures http://t.co/mUvB5L4By2
- Co-sourcing and the quest for greater profitability | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PrqjcSSqlF
- Lateral hire associates show more performance problems than others | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8WZOEjBZSh
- Hierarchy cut down in law firm of the future design | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/hACM0n55lI
- Google must delete history, rules CJEU | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/j8G3dKdwCP
- HSE to target company directors for prosecution | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4X1WTq8xR7
- Cross-selling legal services | Law Gazette http://t.co/06t65UQHeF
- Companies equip compliance officers to see off risks | Law Gazette http://t.co/g9EDNX45ig
- CoA rules in landmark decision on riot damage losses | Law Gazette http://t.co/XJcNRRq3Lv
- Appeal court sets aside £186k professional negligence claim | Law Gazette http://t.co/CqKrxx4FxC
- London Legal Walk: image gallery | Law Gazette http://t.co/NoWptslxOb
- ‘Considerable improvement’ in SRA’s complaint-handling | Law Gazette http://t.co/mrDHvtJGnk
- UK ‘wilfully’ ignorant of EU realities, bar conference hears | Law Gazette http://t.co/1xzPKJQRUg
- Thousands take part in 10th London Legal Walk | Law Gazette http://t.co/NiEVd21ItT
- Google and private information | Law Gazette http://t.co/S1rDs7DaGW
- SRA set to push ahead with plan to scrap formal CPD scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/TCEhJcxZpS
- The importance of responsive email design for lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7GXFhhUcQz
- Lawyers perplexed about the future | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kZYrxi3in3
- Globalaw predicts the next 20 years | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xINLEWNFmq
- Spotlight shifts to possible Apple-Samsung compromise | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/LayBF9di8v
- Top Indian lawyers predict arrival date of foreign firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jIiDdcQQ67
- Jackson rules High Court erred over extension | Law Gazette http://t.co/i634sz6x6A
- SRA to ditch mandatory 16-hour CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/OyXcFymLhY
- British public unprepared for life after partner’s death | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/yALRVqPYE1
- Costs ABS expands as business booms | Law Gazette http://t.co/NASJlFYSzs
- Society to open web system to all conveyancers | Law Gazette http://t.co/jev2rwKP2b
- The power of working in concert | The Lawyer http://t.co/yPGTD3ggMY
- Partnership: an idea on the brink? | The Lawyer http://t.co/MzB4xepQ5G
- Research reveals unprecedented consolidation in the consumer insurance market | The Lawyer http://t.co/V557tnhK56
- Special report: Russia – It’s a nervous time for international law firms in Moscow | The Lawyer http://t.co/cas17BC5nl
- How to: hire a partner | Law Gazette http://t.co/d1P9BUtQm2
- Lawyers are helping to spearhead a civic and economic renaissance in Birmingham | Law Gazette http://t.co/J77st4Rnbu
- Road traffic offences in the EU | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZhIAZDPWfq
- Are law firms doing enough to avoid becoming victims of cybercrime? | Law Gazette http://t.co/PEL95RimsH
- McKenzie friends like this… Have the regulators gone mad? | Law Gazette http://t.co/izZYPlgqUN
- Advocacy time bomb ticking: The status quo is not an option for criminal advocacy | Law Gazette http://t.co/jQFzEhlcCh
- Lawyers to march at Pride| Law Gazette http://t.co/63Co0p4e3Q
- IP act gets royal assent | Law Gazette http://t.co/xiaCrPVzfq
- Pakistan lawyers charged over ‘blasphemy’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/VztoHOiaS2
- MoJ claims civil courts not damaged by austerity | Law Gazette http://t.co/t8s17J7sKJ
- Birmingham lawyer boom | Law Gazette http://t.co/uosI5fcHkv
- US online arbitration service eyes UK | Law Gazette http://t.co/grwLO79zbg
- Grayling head-hunts QCs to save fraud trials | Law Gazette http://t.co/OTiyJ9zFEM
- Senior judge calls time on conferences | Law Gazette http://t.co/aKtKTgqG4D
- Courts Wi-Fi roll-out timetable slips | Law Gazette http://t.co/DpvierDdhC
- The demise of the accountant's report | Legal Futures http://t.co/hajzmX7teJ
- BSB fails to have barrister's costs reduced to LiP rate | Legal Futures http://t.co/IALF8PwxLy
- Hudson: SRA insurance reform will "destroy high street conveyancing” | Legal Futures http://t.co/qUPM2lql8x
- Corporate counsel benefit from sustainability | New Law Journal: http://t.co/lfLZFupQUr
- Guernsey expands range of structures available from the jurisdiction by introducing LLPs | New Law Journal: http://t.co/hzFFCwJ6y3
- Top IT data security threats revealed by the Information Commissioner | New Law Journal: http://t.co/mSR1ikmIZ2
- Communication experts say this week’s right to be forgotten ruling will usher in “unrealistic web” | New Law Journal: http://t.co/nsXRPiEdSs
- Paula Hodges QC - HSF’s head of global arbitration - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/OO7wuOpejI
- In-house interview: Deborah Foo, GC, China Yuchai International - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/KUmR6sKySw
- A eulogy has been given at Sheffield Crown Court for barrister Philip Bingham, who has died suddenly http://t.co/Y5QrhnOD0S
- Barrister and law lecturer Ziauddin Mahmood obituary http://t.co/D3vDvEJMa3
Interesting articles involving the study of law, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia & law students:
- In praise of … Alison Russell, a female high court judge who should be addressed as "the honourable Ms Justice http://t.co/Xy61OHap4V
- Law graduate who grew up in residential care homes vows to use her traumatic experience to help other vulnerable kids http://t.co/JF7ldOPSF1
- Queen Mary Postgraduate Legal Research Conference 2014 http://t.co/OuGhlzD3wq
- Call for papers: Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution http://t.co/SKJNzv5ed4
- A Call for Diversity in Legal Education, Part One http://t.co/1vuLdboy40
- JURIS DIVERSITAS: PROGRAMMES: LLM in Legal Theory in at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, GERMANY http://t.co/K3JG23rtRj
- How to cram for a law exam http://t.co/jNkI81jbFg
- Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy Monthly Seminar: 'The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence' http://t.co/T6hlIWMiQs
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.
- Prisoners to challenge indeterminate sentences at UK supreme court http://t.co/xToPiQQ0Hk
- How DNA Changed the World of Forensics http://t.co/QvoR5poniy
- Justice Secretary Chris Grayling gives his reaction to convicted murderer Arnold Pickering's escape from prison https://t.co/M9iFoezRXE
- Nothing will stop David Cameron's race to the 'weightless state' served by private contractors like Servo and G4S http://t.co/NAov4PV8DA
- General public flee as T-shirt clad lawyers descend on London for legal walk http://t.co/qkQFHZpj9n
- Of 'Sham' and other Lessons for Australian Revenue Law | Melbourne University Law Review http://t.co/o4v7fFcWx8
- Climate Change Law: THe Emergence of a New Legal Discipline | Melbourne University Law Review http://t.co/z8DrUYdgS3
- The Intellectual Property Act – what does it mean for designers? http://t.co/7kKk3bJpuY
- Forced labor in the private economy generates $150 billion of profits worldwide every year http://t.co/OViGhCxkQq
- "The International Criminal Court and the Politics of Prosecutions" http://t.co/P3lz6bzRsW
- Why do we harm asylum-seekers? A civilised country doesn’t bang up those who flee to us escaping brutality & torture http://t.co/qrRQUhGrWb
- Modern Gods: From Amnesty International to the Geneva Conventions, our new idols are without artistic merit http://t.co/IB2UgHoPM
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 23rd May
- Conyers provides Cayman law advice to Lombard Medical on $55m IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/CK4F1vBLjF
- LAW FIRM NEWS: HowardKennedyFsi swaps West End for City in three-in-one office move | The Lawyer http://t.co/HccY9NQNL1
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbies u-turns on Australia pay freeze ahead of remenuration overhaul | The Lawyer http://t.co/plMj3KMlfY
- Linder Myers starts talks on redundancies | Law Gazette http://t.co/QScBPHHzN5
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells CEO Steve Immelt: Five times a year, boss people around | The Lawyer http://t.co/VnvTuOZYr9
- Departing White House counsel rejoins Latham & Watkins as partner | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PYBdkf2F7p
- Herbert Smith moves to end pay freeze | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AJTD8LqHTX
- A Ms Justice in the high court – at last the judiciary starts to catch up http://t.co/gEdUCxDEaG
- Nicola Neilson, commercial property lawyer at Latimer Hinks Solicitors, Darlington set for charity challenge http://t.co/PBLoWePB2r
- No5 celebrates Campbell’s tribunal judge appointment and Butterfield’s elevation to QC | The Lawyer http://t.co/HvQY4GEFn9
- Former Islamic bank GC arrested in Dubai over Leeds United sale allegations | The Lawyer http://t.co/11vMY2Oqiq
- Law firm Sintons oversee more than £60 million of dental practice acquisitions across the UK in the past three years http://t.co/Pp2lb8QAdw
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linder Myers launches redundancy consultation following Assure Law rescue | The Lawyer http://t.co/UkNjmx9YNN
- Weightmans promotes first non-lawyer partner after gaining ABS licence | The Lawyer http://t.co/X2kvVGQEXa
- Hampshire firm Moore Blatch offers will-writing by Skype | Law Gazette http://t.co/HrwoHYkC1Z
- US law firm Patton Boggs voting on merger with Squire Sanders http://t.co/yADXMEB5ja
- Chicago Law firm denies telling Malaysian Airlines to stop caregiving services http://t.co/i1RwbkG72T
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Speechly loses IP and corporate heads as merger vote nears | The Lawyer http://t.co/f5JmAjK8ZD
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Browne Jacobson smashes £50m barrier with 11.5 per cent turnover rise | The Lawyer http://t.co/AVuoCeyaNM
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BBC litigation head Banno quits for Baker & McKenzie | The Lawyer http://t.co/xuoYdR5Mqa
- BP gets court defeat as Gulf leak costs look set to soar | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/qPS2PwmEmB
- Credit Suisse GC fails to avoid corporate guilty plea | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nry72f8zZR
- June start date proposed for Squire Patton Boggs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/bzfxtT4EkN
- Clyde & Co loses whistleblowing case | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mkxoroRsGO
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws transaction services chief quits for DWF | The Lawyer http://t.co/L9d2J33JaK
- On the hook for another’s fraud — Santander (UK) plc v RA Legal Solicitors http://t.co/q6KFFxRPMd
- Lawyer jailed for bribery in the US struck off by SDT | The Lawyer http://t.co/iNhXur9QDR
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Turnover stalls at Hill Dicks, up 0.4 per cent to £111.9m | The Lawyer http://t.co/P8tJcYnFoP
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes whistle-blowing case - the legal reaction | The Lawyer http://t.co/iBdZmdYPL5
- Clyde & Co loses Bates van Winklehof whistleblowing case | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/K57GkSkTgj
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes to face whistle blowing claim after Supreme Court holds LLP members are protected | The Lawyer http://t.co/RuGIoXNkEj
- Bakers appoints inclusion and diversity partner | Law Gazette http://t.co/14AzMApKxn
- Barrister who prosecuted April Jones’s killer will be honoured by the Gorsedd of Bards at National Eisteddfod http://t.co/EyBdLI5gAu
- Sarah Clubley, director of Williamsons Solicitors, has been appointed the Under Sheriff for Hull and the East Riding http://t.co/3IRNakzo8O
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Morgon Cole bags spot as Wales' largest university establishes first formal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/7F5iAMgtiU
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA partner in Scudamore scandal: "I let myself, my firm and its clients down" | The Lawyer http://t.co/IYizeJaZhO
- Gide partner becomes president of LES Int | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/qzBH1HWN2v
- Legal row deepens over Malaysia Airlines communications | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ViK8Q93yqd
- Foxwordy launches as private lawyer network | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Xmydurb8Cy
- Freshfields emerges as top London brand | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/EQyVf2zaEM
- White House lawyers slow to hand over Blair letter | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/zoKV7sa8u6
- BBC lawyer: Caroline Thomson would 'give game away' in Linwood hearing http://t.co/2yEsw7ihDR
- LAW FIRM NEWS: PEP bounces back at BLP up 35 per cent to £542k, revenues at £246m | The Lawyer http://t.co/sKcvzCpChL
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers launches strategic review of London diversity policy | The Lawyer http://t.co/Krn6VepJak
- BLP financials bounce back | Law Gazette http://t.co/hNiJSrQUhq
- New Appointment for Christina Blacklaws, former Co-Op Legal director | Law Gazette http://t.co/NjHYu8FdrR
- LAW FIRM NEWS: PEP bounces back at BLP up 35 per cent to £542k, revenues at £546m | The Lawyer http://t.co/fvBqBLjcZH
- Capita cashes in as Treasury Solicitor spends £2.3m on interim lawyers during overhaul | The Lawyer http://t.co/50fPgMqkUv
- Taylor Wessing links up with S Korea firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/LHlWHzqNis
- Patton Boggs poised for merger vote | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ReoJXMesae
- Kirkland partner lashes out at irritating firm-wide emails | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dxfcexpwQt
- Addleshaw Goddard names new chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/S6sVCIKqea
- Solicitor Jeffrey Tesler struck off for facilitating $1m Nigeria bribes | Law Gazette http://t.co/0iZefQKDly
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright overhauls maternity provisions | The Lawyer http://t.co/tepFzqNX6w
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Chinese firm Longan opens in Hong Kong | The Lawyer http://t.co/BXctcaYzIa
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper hires Asia employment head from JP Morgan | The Lawyer http://t.co/XWL4LIWzHZ
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF to take up residency in London's Walkie Talkie | The Lawyer http://t.co/rJrgMXYWpC
- LAW FIRM NEWS: US firm Katten Muchin creates London asset management group with double hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/6owEVQhbic
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Research reveals unprecedented consolidation in the consumer insurance market | The Lawyer http://t.co/V557tnhK56
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing adds Korean firm to Asia network | The Lawyer http://t.co/AVtNbMt05q
- Capita cashes in as Treasury Solicitor spends £2.3m on interim lawyers during overhaul | The Lawyer http://t.co/50fPgMqkUv
- Commercial division of mfg Solicitors make two specialist appointments in Ludlow http://t.co/brBgKVYuhb
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