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Big Picture – Page 5
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NewsReaching for the Skype
A City firm has said it hopes to expand an innovative pro bono scheme which connects staff to clients via Skype.
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NewsBuckland hails class act
Solicitor general visited a west London school to learn about a scheme to give young people a better understanding of the law.
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NewsBaird to inspire students
Vera Baird QC one of 13 ‘inspirational women’ featured in an exhibition of portraits at Newcastle Law School.
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NewsArgentina’s silent march for Alberto Nisman
State prosecutor had accused the country’s president and foreign minister of covering up Iran’s role in a 1994 terrorist bombing.
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NewsMagna Carta on view
Four surviving 1215 copies of Magna Carta were brought together for the first time last week in an event at the British Library.
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NewsRihanna gets shirty
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as the pop star Rihanna, won a legal action against retailer Topshop when the Court of Appeal ruled that the sale of a T-shirt with her image was an ‘act of passing off’.
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NewsBack to school
Law Society vice-president Jonathan Smithers (centre) joined City law firm Olswang and Blackstone Chambers to meet students at Haverstock School in Chalk Farm, London. They discussed topical issues, including human rights, consumer law, police powers and social media. The visit was undertaken as part of the Lawyers in Schools programme ...
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NewsAung San Suu Kyi at summit of ambition
Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is among a host of distinguished speakers lined up for next year’s Global Law Summit.
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NewsMalaysian lawyers visit Law Society
The Law Society is to host a three-day visit of Malaysian lawyers to London on 24-26 November.
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NewsChina’s judicial pledge
Communist Party has pledged to take action against officials who interfere with judicial processes.
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NewsJapan PM: ‘power not absolute’
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe told the IBA conference the rule of law is not a western phenomenon.
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NewsLaw’s grand designs
Northumbria University School of Law was one of a strong UK showing in a league table published last week of the ‘50 most impressive law school buildings in the world’.
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NewsFirst world war tribute
Andrew Caplen, president of the Law Society, lays a wreath at the Ypres grave of one of the first of the 900 solicitors and articled clerks to be killed on active service in the first world war. Cyril Montagu Pope, articled to R.B. Pope of Brighton, was mobilised in August ...
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NewsFlorida jury awards huge damages over cigarettes
Cynthia Robinson was awarded $23.6bn (£13.86bn) in damages against a cigarette maker for the death of her husband.
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NewsInternational friendly
Networking at a Chancery Lane event before the Law Society’s international marketplace conference.
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NewsView to a bill
Original texts of the US Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence will be on display in the UK next year as part of exhibition to commemorate anniversary of Magna Carta.
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NewsLes misérables
Lawyers across France went on strike last week, calling for a doubling of the country’s legal aid budget.
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NewsSupreme Court ‘village green’ ruling
Scarborough Borough Council has allowed its informal use for playing football and walking dogs for more than 20 years