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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:
- The rise of the freelance lawyer | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zbGPqYRE8P
- RSS publishes new stats guide for the legal profession http://t.co/x0BIoBPG4A
- A&O announces seven-year pick-up in global corporate loans | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N3os7MtREe
- RPC launches plan to create broad professional services firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aSQ61qJOeG
- CC pushes up pay to £1.25m per head for management committee | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H6v2TuITJT
- Integreon expands London global delivery centre | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Z26XYHZXoa
- Use of contract lawyers accelerates | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mOvXNT5ls7
- SBR changes could cause “irreparable damage” to solicitor brand, City lawyers say | Legal Futures http://t.co/GA6Edkamfb
- Saga lampoons 'jargony' lawyers in first legal services TV adverts | Legal Futures http://t.co/JYQuyouMvt
- Law firm replaces annual leave entitlement with groundbreaking 'paid time-off' policy | Legal Futures http://t.co/Lw8vyrfmO1
- Are you a lawyer looking for love? Let's hope the SRA approves | Legal Futures http://t.co/kWJrOEkJtt
- High street first as multi-office firm takes £5m investment and targets legal aid growth | Legal Futures http://t.co/humS202rh2
- Stand up for tax lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/sNEzPOprzs
- Royal assent for inducements ban and SARAH act | Law Gazette http://t.co/kWXZnZeIsg
- Supreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/qc7bTo8aDf
- Firm tells staff: take all the holiday you need | Law Gazette http://t.co/e4XgXZWIWN
- Supreme Court gives green light for appeal over QASA ratings scheme | The Lawyer http://t.co/w37Hl6AtHh
- The complications that arise when obtaining a power of attorney | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/3CuUArDc4v
- Judges bemoan working conditions | Law Gazette http://t.co/M2FFx2vF9w
- Local authority to create new GC post | Law Gazette http://t.co/U3WLjANTku
- Guardian chief names law firms that threatened legal action over HSBC files: https://t.co/nz7TLKYqOQ
- Coventry decision should not extend to mesothelioma cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tbM8xcWa8a
- Plans to digitise Local Land Charges Register welcomed by property professionals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WLhJJG1itR
- Insolvency profession calls for the return of Criminal Bankruptcy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/p4C7zDOnpA
- Judges' concern over increasingly difficult job | New Law Journal: http://t.co/XvHCP3TvtJ
- Insurance Act 2015 passed into law, giving effect to wide-ranging reform | New Law Journal: http://t.co/l5unYJXN8x
- Magna Carta brouhaha | New Law Journal: http://t.co/xPvvapnTls
- GCHQ acted unlawfully when it used intelligence gathered by the US National Security Agency’s | New Law Journal: http://t.co/mhzZ9K4qdq
- High Court has held that the Law Society can destroy files relating to poorly performing firms | New Law Journal: http://t.co/D7Hhab4xPq
- Drug companies have been required since 1 January to record any payments to doctors | New Law Journal: https://t.co/9hAlPKSyLR
- New research has found that 93% of people have received compensation payments through Acas | New Law Journal: http://t.co/8RNP2eHhj8
- Prisoners’ human rights were breached by the blanket ban on voting in the 2010 General Election | New Law Journal: http://t.co/wbTXmgtSGl
- Embassies unfairly dismissed staff | New Law Journal: https://t.co/bjd74VmPcP
- BSB to streamline complaint handling regulations and powers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nkXaBWzCO0
- Lawyers on boards help internal governance of companies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/m8OLpyY4x8
- Partnership pay gap increases | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Bf9Y6Z4WDK
- Veyo sets its hare running with high-profile ad campaign | Legal Futures http://t.co/R5zBJ6ywzQ
- Poor pay and pensions could force a third of judges to quit | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BMrBtI2yXs
- LSB approves SRA’s CPD changes | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/j2ltN3DArR
- Court of Appeal brands legal aid cuts a false economy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/uALyn1LXeg
- Whistleblowing laws to be extended | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/xPo9O0EFkC
- Law firm secures restraint order against litigant in person | Legal Futures http://t.co/jeBXoSO8Wx
- Lawyers On Demand data highlights surging flexible legal resourcing market | The Lawyer http://t.co/r14EEj5jbv
- Alarm at plan to relax separate business rule | Law Gazette http://t.co/HRUy8UcJC1
- SFO told to pay costs of ‘flawed’ prosecution | Law Gazette http://t.co/HZCAngybSP
- CFA regime ‘vital after legal aid abolition’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/zibPsrZEXI
- Firm targets flotation after £5m private equity investment | Law Gazette http://t.co/0Ow2kvtJ7D
- Court fee hikes to spell ‘disaster’ for access to justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/vV8TSSplse
- Rhetoric on tax avoidance is ‘disingenuous’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/W6H4c5kZ3i
- Revenge porn now a specific criminal offence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/wiLUlqz2bW
- North West law firm awarded FCA approval | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/qm49E5PhJV
- Sprinting ahead with funding for smaller claims | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/t26t4S9aY6
- Groundhog Week - Legal Tech 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/f4lTF4JkK9
- Visibility poor for global operations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/yUwMViOPkc
- Half the world's law firms have home in London, says Mayor | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PRJEJzksH7
- Gunnercooke uses its law firm model to set up consultancy business | Legal Futures http://t.co/iVj7WzLsSj
- LSB approves end of “arbitrary” hours-based CPD for solicitors | Legal Futures http://t.co/2VbLZqhw8y
- Law firm consumer brand sponsors Judge Rinder | Legal Futures http://t.co/CsmBFQe8Md
- CA sounds alarm over injustice risk as it ends up researching law for LiP | Legal Futures http://t.co/dtOU3NxSK1
- Majority of London's largest firms looking to reduce property costs | The Lawyer http://t.co/dlZva7tFeN
- Bury St Edmunds to take London divorces | Law Gazette http://t.co/arRDQ7o7qW
- Legal aid savings ‘no economy at all’ – CoA judge | Law Gazette http://t.co/Whe3akcfbr
- Lawyers will bring court system to its knees over legal aid cuts, Justice Minister David Ford is warned https://t.co/Oo3F8HmtH4
- DWP raises mesothelioma payments to 100% | Law Gazette http://t.co/cn1lfJFoGh
- NHS whistleblowing inquiry accuses lawyers of ‘cover-ups’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/a0KiYAug6a
- Failed private-eye Mark Grover ‘changes mind’ on theft guilty plea https://t.co/kTbSdqpJMa
- UK judges disillusioned after drop in pay and conditions, survey finds http://t.co/3vL0cru4pk
- Picking a litigation funder | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/o7RwyXsm15
- Law firms take on role of commissioners of original art | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RcUK0gtJHI
- When lawyers take on lawyers: five of the biggest law firm partnership battles http://t.co/79ZDFSfOpS
- Law firms should mirror their clients on costs | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RI00RaCktO
- Lawyers prepare for defence to HSBC tax leaks | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AE3q0caqiG
- High Court grants SRA power to destroy millions of documents held after interventions | Legal Futures http://t.co/3Nm4gggEvB
- National v local brands - stalwart QS firm "reclaims independence" | Legal Futures http://t.co/RpJMtz1lht
- Divisional court refers Rosneft sanctions case to EU courts of justice | The Lawyer http://t.co/xbp5ttY1Qv
- Lessons in judicial courtesy - Applying procedural fairness in the courts can improve compliance | Law Gazette http://t.co/ztRIUUQyvo
- Intervention papers may be destroyed, court rules | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Wndeekq0z
- Want a London hearing? Prove it is needed, litigants told | Law Gazette http://t.co/Tb0aeuaeZM
- Worker argues unfair dismissal due to ‘philosophical belief’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/e0SNUliIQ0
- High Court to hear ‘double discrimination’ claim against Catholic parents | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/2y0mZ592W9
- Grayling: ‘Accept cuts and move on’ | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/O7aYpRTXEh
- CLC moves closer to regulating probate specialists | Legal Futures http://t.co/r3OPiTYZRm
- SDT to SRA: Giving accountants more responsibility will encourage law firms to play “blame game” | Legal Futures http://t.co/HrYA3qCzAr
- High Court throws out £71m claim against Thompsons over failure of miners litigation law firm | Legal Futures http://t.co/u2Hs1n8uld
- ‘Fake firm’ probe: no decisions, SRA admits | Law Gazette http://t.co/nVFknmB537
- Tackle ‘credibility vacuum’, regulator told | Law Gazette http://t.co/tWwPCKDpt3
- News focus: revamped TSol tightens belt | Law Gazette http://t.co/jpF7SSlfFX
- Scottish solicitors given ‘gender neutral’ PC option | Law Gazette http://t.co/8u8oa7VqBJ
- Economic slump was a wake-up call for lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/R0NHTZsgBl
- Law Society calls for ‘Google tax’ delay | Law Gazette http://t.co/Kly81RT2Ex
- Effective oversight of the global surveillance network requires transparency and trust | Law Gazette http://t.co/pirLoqSYgm
- Victims and witnesses should be enabled to give their best evidence in court | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZyskWsarFR
- Clydes partner Jamieson speaks out about Companies House typo trial | The Lawyer http://t.co/y7HBf5AqgU
- One justice system for all? | Law Gazette http://t.co/8WyLjV9Jtc
- Divisional court refers Rosneft sanctions case to EU courts of justice | The Lawyer http://t.co/xbp5ttY1Qv
- Bury St Edmunds divorce centre an administrative hurdle for family justice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ntR54EAdpG
- Association of Costs Lawyers granted permission to intervene in Coventry v Lawrence | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ATpmtX7KBw
- Norfolk firm ‘reclaims independence’ from QualitySolicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/shFpPkKIve
- Defendants slam ‘grotesque’ costs regime | Law Gazette http://t.co/arrMrzVz1r
Interviews, features, obituaries & lawyers in the news:
- The in-house interview: EDF Energy’s legal team - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/D804wvBRiz
- My legal life: Kathleen Rice - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/zfZ0Iyiqgq
Interesting articles involving the study of law and legal cases, legal training, pupillage, associates, legal academia, publications on law and law students:
- Why every aspiring lawyer should study human rights law http://t.co/fe6FcJV1hk
- What A-levels and work experience do you need for a career in law? http://t.co/y60hQop3nm
- Fifty Shades of trainee solicitor torture: https://t.co/2mwWg5S5iT
- Berwin Leighton Paisner culls 25% of newly-qualified solicitors: https://t.co/Lge024DUH6
- Legal Practice Course student in 155-mile arctic adventure charity bid: https://t.co/CKB2D5NWwa
- Clifford Chance completes magic circle retention report by rejecting 9% of its NQs: https://t.co/GtowzcKEcf
- Student ‘got a pupillage interview at Chancery set’ by legally analysing Shaggy rap on application form: https://t.co/6dckuKcUCC
- Linklaters latest magic circle firm to release newly-qualified retention rate – 91% stay on: https://t.co/IHezr4bLP6
- 5 out of 42 of Slaughter and May's qualifying trainees leave firm: https://t.co/fieaekgXLe
- Wannabe lawyer asks City law firms to 'tell me what makes your firm unique in one tweet’: https://t.co/LwAWdfpV0O
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.
- Racist trolls could be banned from social media using "sex offender" powers http://t.co/FDhSmFE5KE
- My job offer is under threat because a former employer is taking so long to provide a reference http://t.co/pxWIwfz3ZM
- Theresa May to order probe into collapse of police corruption trial http://t.co/fgfaFsq6HQ
- Child prisoners more likely to become sex offenders, report suggests http://t.co/ll8zZWaYwh
- Tax evasion v tax avoidance - in 90 seconds http://t.co/KEmW16fBNF
- Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars if they are carrying children as passengers http://t.co/fYrFu7L8aO
- Voting rights of 1,015 UK prisoners were breached, Strasbourg rules http://t.co/qK0FzGsgo9
- Lisburn Solicitors Association seeking local people’s help to ensure that Lisburn Courthouse does not close https://t.co/ctHTDzGE6N
- Ripa drafters did not consider its use to access journalists' data http://t.co/G4Yp2811aQ
- Justice Goddard assures committee she has no establishment links http://t.co/tmScSk6DGD
- Man avoids jail for punching solicitor Tahir Mahmood in Dudley road rage attack https://t.co/JPATbFJGyL
- ‘We closed workhouses, let’s get rid of child prisons’ http://t.co/25whVT9z8E
- ‘People overstate the extent to which the law must change for new technology' http://t.co/rLFsRZkEj0
- Early edition of Magna Carta has been found deep in the archives of Kent county council | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ahqXIgYfGT
- Lord Fink: tax avoidance is normal in British society http://t.co/xVdjlf6qPQ
- Ireland claims world first for women solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/1Ro7nqkXwy
- Law to make reporting of FGM mandatory http://t.co/bmVZ9q0vlS
Lawyers, Law Firms, Chambers & ABS in the news this week:
Friday 13th February
- Newport based Convey Law marks 10th anniversary by signalling further expansion https://t.co/UztnSTMdXE
- Bury based firm Clough & Willis Expands Residential Property Department http://t.co/VUXi8i9yuy
- Minter Ellison’s former China head joins Spring Law as COO | The Lawyer http://t.co/dPYsGuK9zq
- Spring retention results out at Berwin Leighton Paisner and Orrick | The Lawyer http://t.co/TjDAkwhiLc
- William Fry wins Irish government tender for restructuring of AIB | The Lawyer http://t.co/G5C0EhcMZp
- Hogan Lovells posts 3.6 per cent rise in 2014 revenue to $1.78bn | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lwn9T2sRzC
- Wilson Sonsini revenue jumps 12.3 per cent to $646m in year-end results | The Lawyer http://t.co/YavrVEP8Rb
- Shepherd & Wedderburn's Stephen Gibb on post-Tods Murray optimism | The Lawyer http://t.co/8j7wBVDW1r
- Slater & Gordon (S&G) has acquired 150-strong Welsh law firm Leo Abse & Cohen | New Law Journal: https://t.co/hWKO8kMGbS
- Lawyer takes hefty bonus cut at online UK grocer Ocado | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/MsxJMcpki6
- Fieldfisher partner faces disciplinary body | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZWO8frM7eL
- Wirral-based Havard Law looks to combine new technology with 'old school' principles https://t.co/qZLUdBEZtZ
- News Corp deputy general counsel David Pitofsky promoted to top job | The Lawyer http://t.co/3AYeCEH6jX
- SFO ordered to pay £7m in legal costs for Guildhall Chambers silk trial | The Lawyer http://t.co/0lfkQWB7qT
- Freshfields partner Davies leads legal campaign group to keep Britain in the EU | The Lawyer http://t.co/5D9SXUIxvd
- Former Hogan Lovells managing partner joins architecture firm TP Bennett as non-exec | The Lawyer http://t.co/Qaw3PowK6E
- Lord Neuberger: "Concerning but understandable" that only 2% of judges feel valued by current government | The Lawyer http://t.co/tQDrwfAf6X
- Fried Frank wins CVC as private equity client thanks to hires of White and Oates | The Lawyer http://t.co/AczH37NWSP
- Assure Law targets personal injury with latest acquisition | Legal Futures http://t.co/LqM0EP61EB
- Dentons seeks new head for UKMEA | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/gflNB8Hfii
- Freshfields to cut rent costs by 50pc through Manchester services hub | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/j0BsCWQwfT
- Stephenson Harwood and Lord Pannick to take Tchenguiz litigation to ECHR | The Lawyer http://t.co/tMCQQ4wCaM
- Outer Temple Chambers barrister wins care home death case | The Lawyer http://t.co/3VscpugwgC
- Cooley’s revenue rocketed by 19 per cent to $802m in 2014 prior to City launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/WY3IRs32kx
- Mayer Brown boosts revenue by 7 per cent to $1.2bn in 2014 | The Lawyer http://t.co/UXRLyafKwZ
- Clifford Chance rounds off stellar retention season for magic circle | The Lawyer http://t.co/l7fkD0d7h4
- RPC kicks off management consultancy business with Towers Watson hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/gUtlHW1st4
- Irwin Mitchell cuts net debt by 95 per cent in first full year as ABS | The Lawyer http://t.co/VGb8qssGd1
- Triangle investment group appoints BLP associate as first general counsel | The Lawyer http://t.co/dJfPcFPtLH
- Sidley Austin financial results show 9.5 per cent growth in year-end revenue | The Lawyer http://t.co/hMFRv7Wcki
- Slater & Gordon unveils next two acquisitions, while Quindell talks continue | Legal Futures http://t.co/kSCvOLY2Xq
- Slaughters hits 88 per cent NQ retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/B1dHJnXOZ9
- Withers looks to strike it rich with $748.8bn Singapore's new elite | The Lawyer http://t.co/FNYfj6ueVA
- Allen & Overy and Linklaters pocket £10.4m for Aviva’s Friends Life merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/yNK530rZ1C
- Capquest Group general counsel Flynn takes on top legal job at Wonga | The Lawyer http://t.co/z3SMtlmHtJ
- Slater & Gordon reveals double UK acquisition | Law Gazette http://t.co/8uPPUVNLjF
- Pinsent Masons granted permission to battle HMRC's tax powers in judicial review | The Lawyer http://t.co/LdwXplBmk5
- Slater & Gordon secures Welsh bolt-ons as UK half-year revenue soars to £60m | The Lawyer http://t.co/yEyYF2WdVl
- Clapham & Collinge leaves QualitySolicitors after four years | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/5bbP8lUUwp
- Linklaters reveals 91 per cent retention, sustaining magic circle high | The Lawyer http://t.co/iXMZGKrZhT
- HSBC turns to BLP in a bid to dispel tax evasion allegations | The Lawyer http://t.co/l2zCjYAx0D
- Linklaters corporate heavyweight Matthew Elliott quits for Kirkland & Ellis | The Lawyer http://t.co/4wn57ypG6T
- BLM offers all London staff flexible working contracts | The Lawyer http://t.co/xnW4fVB89z
- Clifford Chance’s top of equity pay lags behind its peers yet partners have so far resisted change | The Lawyer http://t.co/M4fAGFTtP4
- White & Case enters strategic partnership with Cass business school | The Lawyer http://t.co/URpiK3yCXP
- Freshfields will be next to ‘north-shore’ – reports | Law Gazette http://t.co/3r4uSgWAGr
- DLA Piper continues to bulk up in Asia with MoFo Hong Kong hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/CHqG22tEdP
- HFW elects Marcus Bowman as managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/YLlwb5AQ3r
- Six take flight from Bird & Bird's China offices in defection to IP consultancy | The Lawyer http://t.co/6MXgOGiiew
- Dentons UKMEA CEO Matthew Jones to step down after landmark Dacheng merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/OZW8xabkDp
- Freshfields moots Manchester low-cost hub for legal and support services | The Lawyer http://t.co/vea7xCLgeX
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