Last 3 months headlines – Page 765
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NewsSociety begins recruiting for new board
Solicitor and lay members sought for streamlined oversight body.
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NewsLidington lays groundwork for regulation review
Message appears in advertisement for the post of chair of the Legal Services Board.
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NewsSneak preview of Whitehall's £650m legal services vehicle
Latest Crown Commercial Service arrangement covers 35 practice areas and 75 smaller subsets.
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NewsTop German court seeks comments on patent court challenge
Case could scupper or further delay Europe’s Unified Patent Court agreement.
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NewsYour family and immigration questions answered - from £4.99
LexSnap founder Tetiana Bersheda says online service will improve initial client meetings.
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NewsWiggin boosts IP offering with Redd deal
Merger will create firm with 20 specialised IP lawyers.
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NewsDual representation floated to speed up home buying
Government asks if encouraging the same conveyancer to act for buyer and seller might help fix 'broken market'.
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NewsE-conveyancing back on government agenda
Government seeks views to help accelerate progress of online scheme.
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NewsLaw Society Excellence Awards - in pictures
Winners announced at last night’s awards all pictured, plus the reactions from social media.
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NewsDiversity MP urges solicitors not to be 'defensive' on bias
Lammy rules out the need for a formal public inquiry, but action is needed.
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NewsWhy refer work to rival firms? – report
Law firms could be missing a trick by referring enquiries that fall outside their specialisms to rivals, according to the latest bellwether. According to LexisNexis's The Race to Evolve report, published today, 65% of enquiries that firms regularly receive fall outside of their main practice areas. However, 95% of ...
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NewsWill Billy send clerks off their trolley?
News that Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence has beaten the world’s best human player of Go will make even the hardest sceptic wonder what task is now safe from the march of the machines. Obiter would once have bet on the barristers’ clerk. While AI is capable of taking over many ...
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NewsShot the sheriff, got badge
The first response to Obiter’s call for rocking lawyers comes from Stratocaster master Philip Astles, front man of The Fabulous Duck Brothers: A Tribute To Eric Clapton. ‘I get to be Eric in the band and we have a great time most weekends when we find ourselves gigging here and ...
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NewsCooking lunch at her convenience
Whatever misdemeanours are revealed in the next report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, our judiciary is non-league compared with premier league-standard Las Vegas family court judge Elizabeth Halverson. She qualified in 1992 and in 1995 became a clerk to the 8th Judicial District before setting up her own practice. ...
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NewsNews focus: Will mediation become compulsory?
Encouraging litigants to resolve conflicts through alternative dispute resolution is failing, raising the very real possibility of forcing ADR on the unwilling
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NewsNews roundup: in brief
Judicial job precedent The Court of Appeal has heard a case which will determine the employment status of the bench, following a whistleblowing claim from a district judge. Claire Gilham is suing the Ministry of Justice, alleging that excessive workloads caused her breakdown. The ministry denies the claim. Playing at ...
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NewsSeedrs capital
The Law Society has teamed up with investment platform Seedrs to connect members with lawtech startups looking for funding. Christina Blacklaws, vice president, announced the agreement at last week’s Legal Geek event in London. ‘Harnessing technology effectively can have a significant impact on how solicitors operate and engage with their ...
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News'Trial by Skype' will undermine justice system, charity warns
More data needed on impact of video-link hearings on defendents.
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NewsWarning as number of solicitors tops 140,000
Growth in numbers may be unsustainable for large firms.
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NewsJackson: lawyers have ‘grown up’ since my first review
Lord Justice Jackson delivers key note speech at Association of costs lawyers conference.