All Law Gazette articles in 9 October 2017
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NewsUK looks to Singapore to inspire court reform
Campaign to promote legal services hears how UK could ’work with’ tech-leading jurisdiction.
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NewsPI firm braces for 'seismic change' with management cuts
Yorkshire firm Minster making plans to adapt to automated system for handling claims.
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NewsDevils have all the best tunes
Quite a few law firms these days have their own ‘in-house’ rock band, though on investigation it often turns out that most of the line-up consists of friends and relatives rather than lawyers.
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OpinionCivil question in need of an answer
As ministers ponder Lord Justice Jackson’s latest report, there are fears big business could neatly sidestep a new fixed costs regime.
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FeatureAzerbaijan: Baku to the future
Azerbaijan is attempting to diversify and attract foreign investors amid a financial crisis. Lawyers in the former Soviet republic are already exploiting new advisory opportunities, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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Opinion
Barrier grief
‘Wild West Law’ seems like a good name for a thrusting firm of media lawyers (‘Chancery Lane slams “Wild West” regulation’, 2 October)
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Beyond the basics
While this is an academic textbook rather than a practitioners’ guide, its depth of useful information should not be underestimated.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The judiciary we deserve
Being a Judge in the Modern World Professor Jeremy Cooper £24.99, OUP The world has moved on since a judge asked ‘who are the Beatles?’. Judges were mainly white, upper-class Oxbridge-educated ex-barristers. Like members of the royal family, they were treated with reverence. Unable to defend themselves, they ...
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Mosaic of clues on crime
Wrongs and crimes Victor Tadros £70, OUP ‘No readable book could consider all… issues relevant to the scope of criminal law. This unreadable book does not do so either.’ I immediately warmed to Victor Tadros as I read his self-deprecating introduction, but the laughs swiftly come ...
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Driving success in your law firm
Driving Success in Your Law Firm: revolutionising the client journey Eddie Ross and Sally Holdway £69.95, Law Society There must be an easy way for solicitors firms to be successful. But what is success anyway? Is it doing the work you want to do because it ...
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Opinion
Health check
‘Removing the stigma attached to mental health problems is vital’, the Gazette reported last week (2 October).
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NewsClock-watching in legal London
Have you been late for court recently? Obiter has noticed that for a profession traditionally focused on (billable) time, the law could be taking better care of legal London’s timepieces.
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FeatureHow to: Close a law firm
Last year 367 firms shut up shop – what’s the best way to close? Eduardo Reyes reports
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NewsNews focus: Tories strike conciliatory notes on justice
Although there was no suggestion of a revolution in law and justice policy at the Conservative party conference, the mood music struck a more conciliatory note
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OpinionIn a corner of a foreign field
With Brexit stakes raised, English law foreign courts are coming soon.
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NewsA dash of Kipling
Lord chancellor David Lidington poses at the entrance of the Royal Courts of Justice with Sir Ian Burnett before the latter’s swearing in as the new lord chief justice. The ceremony was held on the first day of the new legal year, along with the swearing in of Lady Hale ...
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FeatureEducation: Ofsted marked its own homework
Durand Academy Trust School challenged critical Ofsted report.
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OpinionSociety governance latest
The review of Law Society governance is now resulting in change being implemented, with more being considered.