The Sunday Law Review: 1st to 7th 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. 

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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: 
 

• Minimising risk in law firms - Compliance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/9Hfvlzd0M4 
• Family law: a digital approach https://t.co/uB3jaOpJf0 
• Dublin law firm helps partners focus on enjoyable activities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iGAIzZNTr1 
• Case Watch: ECHR and UK Find a Compromise on 'Whole Life' Sentences https://t.co/IpqYyf6Ca7 
• MoJ announces huge fee rises for claims management companies | Legal Futures http://t.co/GVv8AllOcn 
• ‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling | Law Gazette http://t.co/5nuMYCRLGc 
• Lower number of City deals – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/3d6wrD5Ydo
• Interveners named as stage set for crucial Coventry case | Law Gazette http://t.co/B5PGbYlmPj
• House husbands, gender imbalance and divorce law | The Lawyer http://t.co/46na93YSwL 
• CMCs face fees hike to cover cost of regulation | Law Gazette http://t.co/Yq7KqWgzob 
• Personal Injury giant reports huge revenue drop post-Jackson | Law Gazette http://t.co/xeS1msMETM
• 'Unexploited' legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs: https://t.co/v1rL9EtEa0 
• Extended police bail should be subject to judicial oversight | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qze6zIwsv5 
• UK family trusts fall by 300,000 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JorxPtgMt5 
• Lying lawyers are best to have affairs with | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Pl054oP0Rk
• What judges say Vs. what judges mean: https://t.co/aogY0F70Iw 
• City firm coaxes all staff to embrace pro bono ethic by asking for 25 hours a year: https://t.co/qoSqPNw4IV 
• Demystifying the City: 11 things that corporate lawyers do: https://t.co/hI6l9sHML3
• One in ten lawyers have no data safety guards in place | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/28S7iwcDin 
• Grayling kicks joint-enterprise review past election | Law Gazette http://t.co/2kO12GCjmi 
• Woolworths brings good news for employers | New Law Journal https://t.co/gpvWweTXAX 
• Neuberger on costs - President of Supreme Court calls for fixed costs | New Law Journal https://t.co/7rdHXVP2zK
• No need for new terror scrutiny board | New Law Journal https://t.co/Wd6ObQLKY7
• “Scant evidence” for court fees hike | New Law Journal https://t.co/owDdcA2xXY
• ATE is not recoverable | New Law Journal https://t.co/UkjEFKeY1b 
• PwC controversy could lead to code of conduct for tax advisers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NCcELS6aaC
• Government law shake-up | New Law Journal https://t.co/JsKIitv8hb 
• Neuberger speaks out on judges’ interests | New Law Journal https://t.co/L1yEozITJW 
• New timetable for care proceedings a success? | New Law Journal https://t.co/ZeqYB9mKcw 
• Model CV for expert witnesses | New Law Journal https://t.co/Jz4lSIGtqG
• Original Magna Carta document to be exhibited as part of the 800th anniversary celebrations | New Law Journal https://t.co/MgcxWdOOob
• Wonga escapes criminal action over letters scandal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Wv67o9wUYT
• Government backs liaison scheme for offenders | Law Gazette http://t.co/NrOx4CNa6Y 
• Cabinet minister urges more action to ensure gender equality in the law | Legal Futures http://t.co/C5eo4wbREG
• SME law firms “face the most threat” from new entrants, survey finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/T7xKJBwiQe 
• BSB launches CPD pilot as it moves away from hours-based scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/kpaWtb9HHB 
• PI lawyers predict "carnage" in market | Legal Futures http://t.co/UlUv8JbkVh
• Regulators shift burden onto companies under investigation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0j0mHNLvvU
• Successful CPS prosecutions are designed for the ‘model victim’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IIOztKl4Rk
• New CSA inquiry to be headed by New Zealand judge | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/al504fyjMP
• Lord Chancellor guidance on inquest funding to be challenged | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dQcfDV3dzq 
• Legal profession must improve on only one in four partners being a woman | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/2YpqgyVSqx 
• CPS’ handling of fatal RTAs deemed poor | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/bunk4DaUJa 
• MPs release damning report into Ministry of Justice’s legal aid cuts | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/kEbjv2AxGP
• MoJ sees legal aid cuts as a job well done | Law Gazette http://t.co/VbWezGafXI 
• Under close scrutiny, Magna Carta can’t be claimed as the root of all that’s good in our ancient rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/PR4XgqaZ3F
• BSB explores alternatives to advocacy quality scheme | Law Gazette http://t.co/v53kNhYIiW 
• Mishcon defeats breach of duty claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/3DVlSb18ZH
• MPs' report slams MoJ for ‘lack of evidence’ to back civil legal aid reform | The Lawyer http://t.co/1jbmVgXRal 
• Court fees are just the latest blow to smaller businesses seeking to enforce their rights | Law Gazette http://t.co/Mh9qPk6Ec9 
• Indemnity insurer liable for disbursement loans | Law Gazette http://t.co/r2SjB1KDua 
• Government still playing ‘catch up’ on LASPO | Law Gazette http://t.co/tZLdML2l1l
• 'Unexploited' legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs: http://t.co/x7ogtBMZLe 
• Another woman is now in charge of a top City law firm: http://t.co/13qrekSgKg 
• The Bar Council is giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences -- apply here!: http://t.co/3pIGwRl8F5 
• Grayling Magna Carta party latest -- win raffle to open a bridge: http://t.co/szeB6Ie6Kv 
• Bar is 'fantastic' for working parents says Ed Miliband's wife -- but her chambers has just 17% women QCs: http://t.co/Ei2Sffm3qU 
• Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%: http://t.co/iBqHrWsJVt
• Comparative analysis: Male Police Officer Law Enforcement Preferences in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence https://t.co/MC57VI48nK 
• The trouble with privatising probation http://t.co/ZYgcZfex6b 
• Strasbourg rules UK whole-life sentence is not incompatible with human rights | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JKwYqBdlxy 
• Supreme Court to hear appeal from mother forced to move 50 miles from family | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/6RGNbzTB7l 
• MoD faces whistleblowing claim from doctor sacked by text | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/R3u587pWAg
• LGB networks lacking in firms outside of London | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/M1KglIkEri 
• Munby blasts interpretation service for extensive failures | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/sHmvsX6pOI
• Indemnity insurer liable for disbursement loans | Law Gazette http://t.co/lHykeFEbHp
• British courts can impose whole-life terms | Law Gazette http://t.co/ie5Id1sTfl 
• Equalities minister urges change of culture in law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/YwMAxjWRdc
• Alliance Boots legal chief Pagni scoops top job in wake of Walgreen merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/oP5eXBkeQ6 
• Munby bemoans ‘serial failures’ over interpreting | Law Gazette http://t.co/EHk8qcbgNW 
• Capita ordered to pay costs over failure to provide interpreters to family courts http://t.co/aCF1BIHGqx 
• Legal aid providers "trying to innovate" but destablised by cuts | Legal Futures http://t.co/aeEEsLDo8n 
• City firms “way ahead” of Law Society on diversity, society report finds | Legal Futures http://t.co/3RTEG5BgZQ 
• Former diplomat becomes chair of IPS as Bradley leaves CLC | Legal Futures http://t.co/M1XumBsDYy
• Bank of England investigation costs £2.9 million in legal fees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MSW6EcvMaL 
• Client complaints are very rare, says Slaughters senior partner | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/93FWTWSjI2 
• What it's really like to be an interim GC | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iU3f1bit2Q 
• Hundreds of law firms leave the market | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8KRNIHyNeh
• Carnage in the personal injury sector yet to happen | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BfTqtBJB4U 
• MoJ mediation report tells us ‘little that’s new’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/IaFxEmuHN1 
• Practitioners urged to remain vigilant over Public Law Outline | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/XGzJYGwQuy 
• Additional governance over surveillance laws won’t work | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dJIonWqQfy 
• Free legal advice for victims of ‘revenge porn’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LK69zPtir6 
• Former British diplomat named new IPS chair | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/lp1vLYfqDq 
• Increased civil court fees will lead to ‘disaster’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tKQdcSlh0v 
• Cohabitation laws are ‘out of touch’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aeBbfP2Mor
• Lawyers on TV – the jury’s out | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/FpyvwwTCgO 
• Clients shunning national brands as market booms | Law Gazette http://t.co/EVZ5ldMOGJ 
• New name for Whitehall legal as it strives to cut overlap | Law Gazette http://t.co/d6XMTZkNTz 
• Justice Secretary Grayling testing resolve of Tory lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/CygNMjVl9O 
• Law Society: give accountants more guidance on breaches | Law Gazette http://t.co/nLkm0I2gyS 
• ‘We will cut unnecessary duplication’ – Whitehall law chief | Law Gazette http://t.co/MIIUYaVtMf 
• Law Society Gazette plea sparks cross-party debate on constitution | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/JtzWT4WAjS
• Solicitors are ‘key enablers’ for serious organised crime – time to be on guard | Law Gazette http://t.co/HxQ5oFieep 
• Difficulty in finding a head for public inquiry into child abuse is symptomatic of deeper failures | Law Gazette http://t.co/VGKbwpUcEK 
• The growing use of mass arrest is restricting the right to protest | Law Gazette http://t.co/hgCAaQJzeR
• Leadership: Developing effective executive committees | The Lawyer http://t.co/KMwFRgllYk 
• Winning the Gen Y recruiting game | The Lawyer http://t.co/GWYBBi5ZB7
• Data-sharing office proposed | Law Gazette http://t.co/Th7oZzLXuY 
• GCs admit struggle with foreign rules | Law Gazette http://t.co/Xay76HRgz2
• Report finds no evidence ABSs have reduced legal costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/QtRmnKCpyf
• Society hits out at new EU rules for mortgages | Law Gazette http://t.co/rnK2aq1ddK 
• The Law Society mounts challenge to new court fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/MHJNJVjg85 
• QC-backed ‘second opinion’ service aims to succeed where Stobarts failed | Legal Futures http://t.co/J5jE0mbsLO
• BSB investigates complaints about 17 barristers at same chambers | Legal Futures http://t.co/4VwGjmAEbz
• £1.2m in "irregular" payments made to Legal Ombudsman staff, says MoJ | Legal Futures http://t.co/5GASePwmYc
• Law firms failing to meet threat of market disruption, says report | Legal Futures: http://t.co/i60UfltC7A

Interviews, features, obituaries & lawyers in the news: 

• Profile: David W Rivkin - New IBA president on investors & standing up to arbitrary state power | Law Gazette http://t.co/E7HVmEzJBi 
• The in-house interview: Competition and Markets Authority GC Sarah Cardell - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/eIPfAQcZLI
• Lowell Goddard profile: judge ‘has key qualities’ to lead child abuse inquiry http://t.co/zm1FE98h7V 
• New Zealand High Court judge Lowell Goddard to lead abuse inquiry http://t.co/Ub8IeMQ1CE
• Tribute: Simon Chandler - a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain | Law Gazette http://t.co/dzykIxYgLY
• Tributes for well-known Helston solicitor Derek Reid http://t.co/03GsolzGnq

Interesting articles involving the study of law and legal cases, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia, publications on law and law students: 

• Trainee solicitor numbers increase by two thirds in 2014 | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jR3FPVRHLv 
• The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected: http://t.co/gGWFuskXBb 
• Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy: http://t.co/I4LLKnGKi4 
• 11 New Year's resolutions that law students have already given up on: http://t.co/Ch8zFPj3MP
• Edinburgh Uni law student legally analyses tutor's feedback -- conclusion: breaches official guidelines: http://t.co/nHzmJOa4cP 
• Junior lawyer battles food waste living on a pound a day for charity: http://t.co/WmdAZHOEnR
• Magic circle giant Allen & Overy is retaining 93% of its trainees: http://t.co/itc4eUUSwA
• The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?: https://t.co/5qUxEUQU3n 
• City law firm graduate recruiter tells wannabe solicitor that 2:1 from Durham not good enough for training contract: http://t.co/xLNCn6irSs
• Another woman is now in charge of a top City law firm: https://t.co/DpwbAae7Ki 
• The Bar Council giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences -- apply here https://t.co/6i4uGvda1o

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.

• British Library reunites Magna Carta copies for 800th anniversary http://t.co/VijzubWHqa
• Justice campaigners propose boycott of Magna Carta anniversary summit http://t.co/4G7etFgfqf 
• Chief Inspector of Probation Paul McDowell resigns http://t.co/qAORDdobiO
• 8 out of 10 councils using 'secret courts' http://t.co/AGTJoLh84E 
• Complaints about police rise by 15pc in year http://t.co/PpuPpm9bDt
• European judges uphold British courts’ right to impose ‘whole life’ tariffs http://t.co/k9rv1AA9HN
• Sir Keir Starmer: police stations are intimidating for rape victims http://t.co/EcwmgjrY7C 
• Judge authorises sterilisation of mother-of-six with learning disabilities http://t.co/iiy9T1p4Cu
• Lawyer found Harper Lee's sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/etPtzOPqoI 
• Rotherham scandal: The catalogue of council failings http://t.co/cIipM92RXy
• Is there really something uniquely wicked about genocide? #BALKANS http://t.co/2ifKaSC3lM 
• New law on sale of sex 'could cut human trafficking' http://t.co/RNX2KHBnY3
• GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, court rules http://t.co/XFGGbHV58y 

Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week: 
 
Friday 6th February

• Number of Quindell shareholders hoping for compensation reaches 500 Legal Futures http://t.co/4vE26fEhHI 
• High Court dismisses $3.7m claim against Mishcon over allegations of dishonest assistance | The Lawyer http://t.co/jtzK1Il5LJ
• Addleshaw Goddard latest to moot contract lawyer initiative | The Lawyer http://t.co/hR5aFp12EM 
• Akin Gump reports 12.8 per cent profit rise to $356m | The Lawyer http://t.co/KauS3Z32LR 
• Cadwalader’s profit per partner drops by 15 per cent as revenue stalls at $481m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kv1pMiDw4I 
• Matrix, Monckton and Blackstone triumph as tribunal rules against GCHQ for first time | The Lawyer http://t.co/vxaroFahSA 
• Freshfields and Weil win seats as DFS lists on the London Stock Exchange | The Lawyer http://t.co/vVjwSqvA0U
• DAC Beachcroft departures stack up in Madrid | The Lawyer http://t.co/rTFkp3JmGO 
• Dentons, HSF, KWM and Slaughters among eight firms to win FSCS panel spots | The Lawyer http://t.co/qNqTiiA6fU 
• Novae Group appoints RSA lawyer as first group general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/fWWULeOMRQ
• Linklaters advises on groundbreaking $1bn bond in post-Arab Spring Tunisia | The Lawyer http://t.co/nEw2hjAsuI
• Locke Lord’s Clements: "We got the team we wanted" | The Lawyer http://t.co/iZrE7hNpMp
• Sham marriages solicitor loses appeal against conviction | Legal Futures http://t.co/FCnzt4tWlZ
• Solicitor has been dragged to court after property owners allegedly overpaid £100,000 for a unit https://t.co/AaM5C29Fs4
• No5 barrister prosecutes drug dealers, who go down for a total of 27 years | The Lawyer http://t.co/t3vHvhucgr
• Withers aims for 33pc Asia revenue as it links up with Singapore firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6Xy0WtC1WW 
• Milbank starts Seoul office with M&A focus | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/tmXYY21ogv
• Shearman plans move into Africa through Egypt base | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/7ALyFqeRcF 
• Companies still vulnerable to tax data leaks, warns A&O | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/76pHwNdSY8 
• Energy clients turn on work flow again in response to oil price | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BG6uxz27GP 
• Baker seeks pioneer advantage through Kenya presence | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/daXfM4KA7B

Thursday 5th February

• Hogan Lovells announces ‘ground-breaking’ Global Citizenship Policy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/2Fh7RGPpCx
• Latham recruits corporate duo from CC in Germany - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6ysrKxNcW9
• Hugh James extends law firm network | Legal Futures http://t.co/CUq02TfCeG
• European lawyer moves: 5 February 2015 | The Lawyer http://t.co/mkRoJtHnvk 
• Gide turns to Baker & McKenzie for senior operational hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/oOjftBCJgG
• Dentons' UKMEA profits soar 33 per cent in first year of merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/qXskMHi405 
• Fladgate hires three Locke Lord partners in largest-ever lateral move | The Lawyer http://t.co/djBniQecca 
• Dentons expands its Africa presence with Johannesburg office opening | The Lawyer http://t.co/T8r6cmeLpk 
• Davis wins Lion Capital for Proskauer after move from KWM | The Lawyer http://t.co/7AHkoxCMvw 

Wednesday 4th February

• Travers earns £2m for key role on Bank of England’s forex investigation | The Lawyer http://t.co/tBjLxTrng2
• KWM to open in Singapore within three months | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yY3SV8kgw7 
• Dentons Dachung recruits former Alberta premier as counsel | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CNNwpSFqhe 
• Skadden holds off Jones Day to win title of world's strongest law brand | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/HRLceHlwew
• CMS Cameron McKenna cash flow increased by 774 per cent to £33.1m in 2013/14 | The Lawyer http://t.co/5eAbUtRdtn 
• Scottish Water launches panel review as firms chase five-year contracts | The Lawyer http://t.co/SN55urQ9Al
• Withers enters formal alliance with Singapore firm KhattarWong to grow Asia revenue | The Lawyer http://t.co/Nic5ntRSt4 
• Ireland's Arthur Cox hires Source general counsel for London office | The Lawyer http://t.co/90Fj3b3Ff2

Tuesday 3rd February

• Ex-CC adviser takes top post at Saudi capital markets regulator | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iYpGqCCP6a 
• Linklaters to put tighter focus on Africa | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/beGORbK4eK 
• DLA cuts global headcount | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iEMXefuU8l 
• Rose Walker lawyers set up new firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CpWzKS8xZu
• Balkan firm Karanovic & Nikolic expands to Slovenia with local hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/R0wP9eIXVj
• Pinsent Masons picks up energy team from Bond Dickinson | The Lawyer http://t.co/kEaRDgmORk

Monday 2nd February

• MoFo boosts Berlin with data protection hires from De Brauw | The Lawyer http://t.co/2146IkJCPe 
• Goodwin Procter builds on 2013 growth with 4.4 per cent revenue increase | The Lawyer http://t.co/P4psSJ8eYF 
• Hogan Lovells reports turnover increase, profit decline for non-US business in 2013/14 | The Lawyer http://t.co/ciAzJTSmA9
• Dechert increases global revenue by 8 per cent to $839.4m | The Lawyer http://t.co/6pAHiT9LGK 
• Milbank becomes latest international firm to open Seoul office | The Lawyer http://t.co/gB1ylF9ARy 
• BLM senior partner Mike Brown re-elected to oversee international expansion strategy | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZcNOQtKlZX
• Skadden retains top spot for branding attraction in crowded US market | The Lawyer http://t.co/cv8mvAiubU
• Nabarro's French ally Lefèvre Pelletier reports 7 per cent turnover rise | The Lawyer http://t.co/rSbzLq8f1U 
• Charles Russell Speechlys tie-up impacts Aim rankings as Pinsents dominates | The Lawyer http://t.co/g5QAj55kOK 
• Linklaters shakes up control of international practices as EEMEA head steps down | The Lawyer http://t.co/BURBbPfbya 
• Herbies keeps on 93 per cent in spring retention round | The Lawyer http://t.co/OVCe4h8Rdw
• HFW gears up for March managing partner election | The Lawyer http://t.co/kMlsizmQa2 
• Latham continues Clifford Chance raid with hire of private equity chief Felsenstein | The Lawyer http://t.co/ozaPW1Sh63 
• A&O kicks off Peerpoint overseas expansion with Hong Kong launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/dF9L6iLznG

 

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