Guest post: The future is uncertain – how to still make the decisions you’re putting off anyway Legal Business Presumably you make decisions all the time, in managing your matters, selecting strategies and tactics, and of course outside the…
The Disputes Yearbook: Simmons’ Passmore on the flow on effects of Three Rivers Legal Business In June this year, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal held that the English Court of Appeal decision in Three…
Guest post: Privilege Games – In advisers we trust? Legal Business Two quotes on legal professional privilege caught my eye this week. First this from two lawyers at Herbert Smith Freehills…
The Disputes Yearbook: Herbert Smith Freehills’ Parkes on the specialist court the City needs Legal Business The English court system has added to its stable of specialist courts a Financial List, to deal with major banking…
Comment: In-house counsel: more to do and happy about it Alex Novarese There are familiar themes and a few mixed messages from this year’s in-house lawyer survey but one obvious point to…
Guest post: More questions than answers – the strange case of former Chief Legal Ombudsman Sampson Legal Business The first, and most important, thing to remind everyone before I dissect the events of the last few weeks is…
Comment: Artificial intelligence and the law – mostly believe the hype Legal Business It’s a rarity for the great pre-occupations of our age to intersect so closely with that of the legal profession…
Comment: It’s a people game – what private equity lawyers can teach bland global law firms Legal Business If a good chunk of the latest issue of Legal Business is focused on technology and machines replacing lawyers, our…
Leader: A challenging time for disputes teams in a polarised market Legal Business The return of our Disputes Yearbook finds the wider outlook for contentious work considerably changed over the last 12 months.…
AI and law: mostly believe the hype Alex Novarese It’s a rarity for the great pre-occupations of our age to intersect so closely with that of the legal profession…
City firms poised to ride fintech wave Legal Business Victoria Young reports on the diverse mix of law firms looking to take advantage as finance meets technology UK Economic…
The Last Word: The clients’ view Legal Business Interviewed for our annual in-house report, general counsel at leading companies give us their views on diversity, ethics and joining the…
Guest post: Fraud unravels all: the Supreme Court divorce judgments in Sharland and Gohil Legal Business The Supreme Court has given two judgments – Sharland v Sharland, and Gohil v Gohil – about re-opening divorce settlements on the grounds…
Comment: Bespoke, mobile and plugged in: CMS’s Duncan Weston on the tech tools clients will demand Legal Business Against a backdrop of a fast-changing technology environment; value-conscious clients, rising rents, and the need to provide meaningful alternative fee…
The Legal 500 view: more choice and competition defines market Kathryn McCann The UK legal market now offers more choice than ever, and this is reflected in the 2015 edition of The…
Comment: Fragmented and naïve – the profession’s failure to penetrate Whitehall Legal Business Two pieces in this month’s Legal Business touch on a common theme: the profession’s failure to influence government.
Guest Post: Michael Gove – the barrister’s best friend? Legal Business Legal Futures has gained exclusive access to what is believed to be the transcript of a secret meeting held recently…
Fragmented and naïve: the profession’s failure to penetrate Whitehall Legal Business Two pieces this month touch on a common theme: the profession’s failure to influence government. The first touches on the…
The Last Word: Fighting your corner Legal Business Our recent International Arbitration Summit in London provoked lively discussion and, ahead of a full report on the debate next…
The Legal 500 view: more choice and competition defines market Legal Business The UK legal market now offers more choice than ever, and this is reflected in the 2015 edition of The…
