The Sunday Law Review: 15th to 21st February

Welcome to this weekly column dedicated  to looking at what happened in the business of law, legislative changes, activity in law firms and lawyers in the news within UK as reported by legal publications throughout the previous week. 

Requests for inclusion within the 'Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week' section below by law firms and legal professionals should be emailed to features@sundaylawreview.com




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

Recommended Articles of this 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.

• 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

Thursday 19th February

• 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

Wednesday 18th February

• 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

Tuesday 17th February

• 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

Monday 16th February

• 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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