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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 practitioners:
- Legal aid challenge for inquests succeeds | Law Gazette http://t.co/fB7m8RXVI1
- BSB moots handing more control of pupillage over to chambers | The Lawyer http://t.co/v3VejfwNye
- Revise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged | Law Gazette http://t.co/mX4NIKEzLn
- High Court allows judicial review on legal aid for inquests | Law Gazette http://t.co/mWneqZL9TB
- Report reveals poor morale of government lawyers | Legal Futures http://t.co/5AusqF4HbQ
- Court Appeal overturns ruling that law firm wrongly paid out £2.3m from client account | Legal Futures http://t.co/zBqWHJSiZd
- All legal services regulators should be under duty to promote economic growth, SRA says | Legal Futures http://t.co/2df0DSKBSt
- Lawyers using libel threats to "intimidate" clients who post negative reviews online | Legal Futures http://t.co/NnJ8iYs1Fi
- Barrister warns over new 'fundamentally dishonest' rule | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tjIZkGjZoL
- UK security service admits to surveillance breaches of human rights law | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vrwe44KK64
- The fall of fraud? | New Law Journal https://t.co/jdIAxTnf5c
- Treasury Solicitor's Department is changing its name | New Law Journal: https://t.co/DBto6ngkfR
- DNA tests to be funded | New Law Journal: https://t.co/V4hifDH6ee
- Online courts by 2017 | New Law Journal: https://t.co/xQRFDz1Tx5
- Species control orders | New Law Journal: https://t.co/mw8VHYDeB2
- The tribunals structure declared “fit for purpose” by the Senior President of Tribunals | New Law Journal https://t.co/6kdXkWoTIh
- Law firms must innovate to prosper | New Law Journal: https://t.co/tPsMHjN24N
- Student pro bono clinic compensation achievement | New Law Journal: https://t.co/HFyAONYfPp
- Annual increase in compensation limits for employment cases has been announced | New Law Journal https://t.co/a53JLagZbr
- Give training responsibility back to chambers, says BSB | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EtVo9DEPPw
- High Court finds ‘material errors’ in Grayling’s guidance on legal aid funding | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/F1iSAyew55
- The psychology of filing: for lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/KG38Gox821
- Children ‘stripped for own protection’ by police must have a parent present | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/mvqQLexS0w
- Luxury companies face challenge over social media | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JL0l8qFRpr
- Clients value knowledge over cost | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/TmzaciWVvK
- Generation Y lawyers less proud of their employers but more able to achieve work/life balance | The Lawyer http://t.co/VGDrP2ghmT
- University of Law renews five-year partnership with Linklaters | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nl8snyUKs6
- Children will express their opinion to judges hearing them | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bNMk9fibwX
- Treasury Solicitor’s Department to get face lift | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/EiSkhTfuik
- Criminal Bar comes to blows over GLS involvement | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Nmdtf1RJwp
- Government ‘admits lawyer snooping unlawful’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/J3dCDuuTvb
- A ‘strategic’ approach in-house | Law Gazette http://t.co/jWd4A5bL9h
- Government admits procedures for handling legally-privileged information are unlawful | The Lawyer http://t.co/cwIlavOjm4
- Referral relationships help independent firms to punch above their weight | The Lawyer http://t.co/aJpUda2M5w
- PI giant moves in to conveyancing | Law Gazette http://t.co/0zdaLei9P7
- Law firms told: look after ‘Generation Y’ – or they’ll move on | Law Gazette http://t.co/5fdXiBbdee
- National Accident Helpline moves into conveyancing | Legal Futures http://t.co/g9GuQVjDe4
- LeO receives almost 1,000 CMC ‘contacts’ in first three weeks | Legal Futures http://t.co/AzKd7xGWtF
- First ABS attached to a barristers' chambers launched in Liverpool | Legal Futures http://t.co/2c4tqw1y3Q
- Lawyers line up after librarians and authors for most desirable career | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZmpwH5IJxo
- Pioneering family court to be extended | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zME3nf9Hmw
- SRA ‘sorry’ for confusion over trainee numbers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jlNW40T49I
- High Court dismisses legal aid judicial review | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FL61ymKAIh
- Brain damaged woman awarded £7m compensation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eDiE9jRO6y
- Mental health tribunal pains | Law Gazette http://t.co/b4GNkvyojU
- A judicial eye on bundles: Efforts to reduce the cost of trial bundles are impressing the bench | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q1CRJoAG93
- Firm branding – it might get you in the room but it’s up to you after that | The Lawyer http://t.co/zlNrFGjBgu
- Law Society and LCCSA lose judicial review into criminal legal aid reforms | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZRhYtBHKa0
- SRA apologises for trainee ‘confusion’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Phv7NTJ4k0
- Pioneering family court to go national | Law Gazette http://t.co/AtF2cXhy73
- Blow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review | Law Gazette http://t.co/ACHOYu6pQC
- LSB to call on regulators to make law firms and chambers "accountable" over diversity | Legal Futures http://t.co/S28Pm2gu6k
- SRA apologies for training contract numbers "confusion" | Legal Futures http://t.co/zysb2PHT2K
- UK could start eBay model of civil dispute resolution by 2017 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N3iVgRXY5D
- General counsel should aim to be socio-political | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AsCj2vUKR3
- Courts to order DNA testing to cut courtroom battles | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LwvkLs6ZEe
- Lawyer is fourth most desirable job, says YouGov | The Lawyer http://t.co/jVPA1f01zc
- Criminal legal aid judgment tomorrow | Law Gazette http://t.co/7G5K2CRwuB
- Anonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/dUj7KUbiF6
- Challenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling | Law Gazette http://t.co/lpkXiIo4Vm
- Criminal legal aid judgment ‘imminent’ – reports | Law Gazette http://t.co/pqNQh35wh8
- Music dominates copyright disputes | Law Gazette http://t.co/3QBeCqBxNP
- Watson-based app heralds ordinary speech legal searches | Legal Futures http://t.co/8yWvIXs8Yb
- Business Growth Fund to consider more law firm investments | Legal Futures http://t.co/zrYfKKGKr1
- UK lawyers search for options in looming pension crisis | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uGAwNwPATl
- London firms giving fee earners less space | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/F4ynJAMKn2
- Counterfeit websites removed by UK police | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/eIEb1NBKsU
- The court of the future is online | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sz5rcNKcEj
- Music and football industries ramp up protection of IP rights | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/gHhfJCqPa3
- Courts continue to ‘like’ a service of documents through Facebook | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Ly9O3SpRji
- LSB rubber-stamps abolition of mandatory CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/hQ355Ry3SL
- Schillings internet framework | Law Gazette http://t.co/d9NkS9nkF1
- Veyo begins marketing campaign | Law Gazette http://t.co/jdYNuZ5Id3
- Lawyers form pro-EU group | Law Gazette http://t.co/k5gu4vPsen
- Applications for silk invited | Law Gazette http://t.co/RftIm08hZF
- Pro bono students win £130,000 | Law Gazette http://t.co/gWX3jXovNa
- Ministers ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan | Law Gazette http://t.co/8WswJQUTqJ
- Will the UK begin to regulate Bitcoins in 2015? | The Lawyer http://t.co/q5axoArgCv
- The Global Law Summit: Celebrate what’s great about UK law | The Lawyer http://t.co/niTRZh5koU
- Special report: Silk appointments 2015 – Why be a QC? | The Lawyer http://t.co/6NWjQniAop
- Research shows lawyers are unprepared for retirement and set to work well beyond 65 | The Lawyer http://t.co/NsWLjCO9nB
- Financial performance at US headquartered global firms outstrips that of domestic rivals | The Lawyer http://t.co/t2KVLlbq2q
- Punt Peerpoints the way - UK contract lawyers market goes into overdrive | The Lawyer http://t.co/tqTfbVU4Kz
- Access to learning fund | Law Gazette http://t.co/yiaxYGTF2x
- Does the expansion of Gulf financial centres demonstrate the solidity of the region’s legal systems? | Law Gazette http://t.co/eGlOAjT26n
- Warning witnesses: the risks | Law Gazette http://t.co/1rjFvvtjpI
- PEP edges up at growing Hogan Lovells | Law Gazette http://t.co/zCyF5RtJFT
- Profits slip as reforms hit Irwin Mitchell | Law Gazette http://t.co/NmrroKdu2w
- Nationwide mandates quality scheme membership | Law Gazette http://t.co/N4qA12zaQc
- Online courts will cut need for lawyers – IT guru | Law Gazette http://t.co/sxe7oR2pR9
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- LSB rubber stamps abolition of mandatory CPD | Law Gazette http://t.co/9aFD2uLSvR
- New terror measure in justice act | Law Gazette http://t.co/3Kzei6aMX8
- North entices City legal giants – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/aluzv6jHKe
- Wales asbestos costs ruling muddies waters | Law Gazette http://t.co/9lCJrsHotJ
- Legal charity sits on £200m cash pile | Law Gazette http://t.co/bRnG2E84cZ
- CJC calls for online claims revolution | Law Gazette http://t.co/P8tAJhtfGG
- Nobody gets what they want as BSB “subverting the rules” case heads back to Visitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/ZhuClWoZLd
- Separate business rule reform will "unlock" competition and innovation in legal market | Legal Futures http://t.co/hDj32DV0x2
- It's time for state-backed online dispute resolution, says Susskind-led CJC group | Legal Futures http://t.co/ghD0C5bJFN
Interviews, features, obituaries & lawyers in the news:
- The in-house interview: Morrisons GC Mark Amsden - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/emnIaUOcKB
- Profile: Patrick Allen, co-founder Hodge Jones & Allen - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/ehrjKlZ8xW
- My legal life: Tara McInnes, Associate, dispute resolution, Gardner Leader - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/4Cc2ESy2dW
Interesting articles involving the study of law and legal cases, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia, publications on law and law students:
- University of Law stems flow to BPP and snares Linklaters for five-year LPC deal: https://t.co/ruHSP9oZjH
- Freshly-minted QC defends silk system – and bacon buttie picture: https://t.co/vc2jcoyfTS
- Government Magna Carta law summit hit again -- Lord Green bails as keynote speaker: https://t.co/drJPlHE3qz
- The 10 stages of failing to get a vac scheme: https://t.co/v85CwlcUkH
- Why it's time to scrap the QC title: https://t.co/1yf1uO8wjM
- Law student run burger shack takes top London eatery honours: https://t.co/L3aNKM10Fr
- Training contract numbers take another tumble: https://t.co/AoM6D21UIT
- Classic Fleet Street legal bookshop to become an Itsu: https://t.co/mLeOZu0Yfc
- Uni law faculty takes legal aid court referral scheme nationwide: https://t.co/3R5a7zck6s
- 6 ways candidates who don't fit the mould can boost chances of landing a training contract or pupillage: https://t.co/Tko6p0DHCc
- Berwin Leighton Paisner hit by claim that it doctored trainee retention rate: https://t.co/krHA34dFn6
- BSB wants to surrender powers on pupillages | Law Gazette http://t.co/H5zwryl6q0
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- Online judges and internet hearings under eBay justice plan http://t.co/oGPJeL4PqM
- Canadian lawyers win major battle over lawyer-client privilege | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/EEXKVpYV23
- Marginalised as a woman in the UAE? Emphatically, 'no' | The Lawyer http://t.co/irZKGR63QV
- Australian lawyers accused of hiding client money from authorities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/R6DGVvDYk8
- Chief prison inspector calls for review of super-jails http://t.co/uxbjc78pUo
- Legal aid cuts exposing domestic abuse victims to court ordeal, says report http://t.co/Icl6x7jm2j
- Bar in cyber war with itself over bigwig support for Global Law Summit: https://t.co/TyW0QaAaLt
- I left Daily Telegraph over editorial standards too, reveals top law hack Joshua Rozenberg: https://t.co/yjHDgQJRBm
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 20th February
- Blackstone Chambers links up with Ofcom for Big Fat Gypsy Wedding success in High Court | The Lawyer http://t.co/Vp5bF3GOie
- Burness Paull and Levy & McRae face legal action over collapse of $400m hedge fund | The Lawyer http://t.co/iza9tTvIVY
- King & Spalding boosts revenue by 8 per cent to $934m | The Lawyer http://t.co/vYVPvMSuBS
- Pillsbury pledges to double London office headcount in 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/raObgOIHZH
- K&L Gates posts 11 per cent boost in London revenue to £44.96m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Y1WqKBIeJ1
- BLP caught manipulating trainee retention figures | The Lawyer http://t.co/OV0UHjnW32
- White & Case grows revenue by 4 per cent to hit $1.5bn in 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/2sLeLDjW7G
- Paul Hastings’ London chair: “We have been careful not to be everything for everyone” | The Lawyer http://t.co/5fnJ3CdmAM
- US Firm Proskauer targets London. Again. | The Lawyer http://t.co/6cDCimlanF
- Freshfields and Skadden advise on Ball Corporation’s £4.3bn bid for UK rival Rexam | The Lawyer http://t.co/XSOlctKALf
- CC corporate head says firm must commit to efficiencies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JF6UAYxhSJ
- Trowers & Hamlins applies to be first foreign law firm in Malaysia following change in local law | The Lawyer http://t.co/kogyVHg8xL
- Olswang CEO elections still months away as firm searches for candidates | The Lawyer http://t.co/AyAbXgzOYz
- Pinsent Masons secures victory for Home Office over £224m eBorders payout | The Lawyer http://t.co/0GAM5jjS5M
- BLP lawyer joins competition boutique Hausfeld in mass litigation hiring spree | The Lawyer http://t.co/lNonWOCfWD
- Revenue at Paul Weiss hits $1bn mark in 2014 year-end results | The Lawyer http://t.co/UVIP8O2UWO
- Fountain Court hires in Singapore ahead of London expansion to 39 Essex Street | The Lawyer http://t.co/NcQIvEvn9s
- Germany's Heuking reports 12 per cent revenue rise to €121m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kMWTFp1kXK
- Norton Rose Fulbright re-elects chair Stephen Parish for a third term | The Lawyer http://t.co/iOKJ7zjr69
- MacRoberts builds up construction and real estate team with four DWF partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZUCUjZ0tSB
- Clifford Chance's Guy Norman: If we don’t become more efficient, we'll be in difficulties | The Lawyer http://t.co/MyvgD4Uh9G
- A&O loses corporate duo to Clayton Utz | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/haPxCgp6qL
- Uria Mendenez figures indicate Spanish turnaround | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kb1QmoN57g
- Bakers sued for alleged aggressive tax avoidance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uA6waTdvrP
- Eversheds targets Big Four consultancy work | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/W59ehCbyKr
- Slater and Gordon launch advertising assault round two | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4vK5yckpiK
- Clifford Chance reports increase in cash from £103m to £110m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lb4e3klEkl
- Linklaters moves 10 financial processes staff to Warsaw after outsourcing contract ends | The Lawyer http://t.co/I522Soe1Yw
- Shearman, Slaughters and SullCrom advise on Fairfax takeover of Brit | The Lawyer http://t.co/vuVgbhC1Qb
- Pillsbury year-end results show 3 per cent boost to $560m | The Lawyer http://t.co/4prd0xSgkv
- Norton Rose Fulbright LLP accounts show a move into the black in 2013/14 | The Lawyer http://t.co/KfPj9V0WHj
- Bird & Bird launches IT-focused consultancy | The Lawyer http://t.co/ehUTkESAbL
- Phone hacking lawyer Mark Lewis leaves Taylor Hampton for Seddons | The Lawyer http://t.co/tEaydT3TLe
- Slater & Gordon heats up TV advertising battle as Quindell share price rollercoaster continues | Legal Futures: http://t.co/KO1ElsvuNk
- Wife of murdered DLA assistant gives details of last text | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SFyRyIM17g
- Eversheds recruits six consultants to launch regulatory compliance offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/zUhO2cqrJz
- Ashurst’s finances boosted by Australian merger as cash total doubles | The Lawyer http://t.co/HhpFnXCniF
- Olswang Paris office founding partner decamps for France's UGGC | The Lawyer http://t.co/Th86Z0bsox
- Uría Menéndez posts record results with 3.6 per cent revenue increase to €192.1m | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZWwJw6Rdrr
- Eversheds recruits six consultants to launch regulatory compliance offering | The Lawyer http://t.co/zUhO2cqrJz
- Eastbourne and Lewes Councils appoint Pinsents local government head to lead combined team | The Lawyer http://t.co/ThNKnmwvdR
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