Can courts rely on benchmark figures for cartel overcharges?
A number of recent antitrust cases have recycled ‘benchmark’ overcharge estimates from previous cases.
Extending the time limit for common assault offences in a domestic context
What does this mean and is it more style over substance?
Ring doorbells, domestic CCTV and GDPR
Data protection.
Criminal courts are no playground
Private prosecutions.
How to buy a law firm
Top tips on mergers and acquisitions.
Room service
With hybrid working set to become the default, it is refreshing to report on a law firm that is bucking the trend.
Intervene Project: Providing representation for the abandoned
A law firm charity that represents prisoners has seen demand for its services soar, as abuses have become commonplace throughout the penal system.
Legal Twitter, can you help?
If you look at #LegalTwitter, you will find people asking for legal advice all the time.
Best of the blogs - 15 January 2022
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mother in law: Look after good staff
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
News focus
News focus: Yorkshire law firm bucks trend and branches out
As tumbleweed blows through solicitors’ offices across the land, one firm keeps opening more of them. Launching a new branch ‘feels like a good news story’, says Ison Harrison
How to: Close a pay gap
The underlying reasons for pay gaps measured by gender, race, ethnicity or disability are complex. All the more reason to start addressing them.
How to: Keep clients close
Business development and contact-building have barely been possible in-person for over a year. But, as Eduardo Reyes discovers, that has not stopped imaginative law firms from keeping clients engaged and entertained – and a hybrid approach looks here to stay
How to: Win an award
All lawyers tell prospective clients and job candidates that they, their team and the firm are the best – so an award helps prove it. Maria Shahid talks to the people who know how to go about winning one.
Much more than just a funny book
Nothing Like the Truth: The Trials and Tribulations of a Criminal Judge | Nigel Lithman QC
A firm foundation for conveyancing
Conveyancing Handbook (28th edition) | Frances Silverman
Useful guide navigating employment law
Employment Law in Context (4th edition) | David Cabrelli
Good cop, bad cop
The Brighton Police Scandal: A Story of Corruption, Intimidation & Violence | Dick Kirby
A ‘new dawn’ that became a nightmare for subpostmasters
The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail.
