All Law Gazette articles in 4 December 2017 – Page 9
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OpinionUber judgment and legal services
Uber ruling means that electronically provided legal services will also remain a national regulatory competence.
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NewsClifford Chance elite 13 share £16m
Top partners cash as magic circle firm reports 8% increase in profits.
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NewsQualitySolicitors cuts jobs as income falls and law firms quit
Annual report says company has platform for future growth - despite liabilities exceeding assets by £713,475.
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NewsDon't throw out Euro patent court along with EU, IP experts urge
Position paper calls on the government to make series of pledges to help professionals post-Brexit.
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NewsPI firm collapses with loss of 24 jobs - but sector upbeat for 2018
Despite pending reforms and a lengthening casualty list, most personal injury firms are bullish about their business prospects for the coming year.
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Law ReportPersonal injury
The claimant was injured and her husband killed while on an excursion in Egypt which they had booked through their hotel.
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OpinionGender diversity hiring – How to make it work
Women shouldn’t be expected to change their communication style in job interviews in order to convince you of their value, argues Anja Skvortsova.
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NewsA&O's top-earner makes nearly £70,000 a week
Accounts show that partners enjoyed a six-figure boost to earnings from currency conversion.
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NewsJunior lawyers quizzed over mental health
Survey to be sent to young lawyers to follow up previous exercise revealing levels of high stress.
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NewsGovernment widens legal aid scope for prison law
Ministry of Justice says changes to three work categories will come into force next month.
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NewsJudge intervenes to stem 'flood' of costs challenges
Disclosure refusal by costs court attempts to address increasing number of disputes over historic bills.
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NewsA selection of our top headlines from 2017
HEADLINE ‘Breathtakingly rude’: law firm under fire over insolvency threats Mishcon’s £1m ID fraud bill sounds alarm bells £24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test Prisons and Courts Bill scrapped ...
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Law ReportPrisons
The appellant was a serving prisoner at a state-run prison. He was a non-smoker and suffered from a number of health problems, which were exacerbated by tobacco smoke, including hypertension and coronary heart disease.
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NewsJudicial reforms have had little impact on gender diversity
London School of Economics study analyses judicial appointments between 1996 and 2006.
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OpinionTime to celebrate law's top earners
Law firm profits are earned not hustled - let’s celebrate that.
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NewsMinority ethnic students lagging behind in LPC success
Figures published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority also reveal stark contrast between training providers.
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NewsAccident claims company director fined for inventing crash
Miles Savory wanted to obtain contact details of owner of car registration plate he wanted to buy.
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FeatureReforming the law on wills
Luke Watson has four predictions about the outcome of the Law Commission’s review on wills.