Guest post: Prerogatives, power and press regulation Legal Business I make no apology for returning to the question of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press. This was…
Guest post: Chasing PLCs in corporate crackdown – it’s still all about the money Legal Business In response to criticism that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not go after a sufficient number of corporates, SFO…
Guest blog – Securities lawyers and sticky contracts: innovation and elite law Legal Business I am sure you, like me, have been on the lookout for an elegant, readable, sophisticated and fairly short book…
Comment: The social contract – what is the law firm but the people? Legal Business The market for legal services will never be the same again. Mergers, alternative business structures, multi-disciplinary practices, law firm failures, onshoring, offshoring and the continual…
Guest blog – Innovation in law: are you one of us? Legal Business Debates about innovation in law can be a bit tribal. The Creative Destroyers decry the billable hour. They mock Big…
Guest blog – In the small print: Huge shake up in UK bribery enforcement, US style whistleblowing & UK False Claims Act Legal Business Buried in the small print and missed by many in the hullabaloo surrounding the launch of the new UK National Crime…
Guest post – Opinion: SFO confirms 8 Bribery Act ‘Projects’ – enforcement rhetoric will convert into action Legal Business ‘We have some 68 cases on our books at present, including matters under development in our intelligence section; these include…
Guest post: A fight to the death- can the Law Society and its regulatory arm continue as now? Legal Business ‘My terms of reference include a requirement to propose a framework that promotes the public and consumer interest, promotes competition,…
Guest post – Syria: the UK can legally use force Legal Business In some ways this week, with the recall of Parliament and the UK tabling a UN resolution, seems like a…
Guest post: Could David Miranda be a “terrorist”? Legal Business There’s understandably been a great deal of reaction to the nine-hour detention at Heathrow airport of David Miranda, who was…
Guest post: In the ABS landscape, it’s all about the brand – oh yes Legal Business ‘Tesco Law’ is a phrase that, thankfully, is finally dying out as the reality of alternative business structures (ABSs) takes…
Guest post: There is a market for judges emerging – but only winning with the oligarchs is not the answer either Legal Business Moses LJ has set his satirical pen a scribbling in a recent speech reported in the Gazette. It simplifies, as…
Guest post: You could up-skill them, instead you simply canned them – the secretarial canary in the law firm coal mine Legal Business ‘A really far-sighted law firm would give its secretaries the chance to ‘skill up’ and take on more responsibility, accomplishing…
Guest post: Criminalising corporate law – proposed UK fraud penalties take a leaf out of the US sentencing guidelines Legal Business Tough new proposed sentencing guidelines for bribery have been published in a consultation which closes in early October. The proposals…
Guest Post: Legal education review – why everyone is happy and no one is smiling Legal Business So the first round of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) is complete. Julian Webb et al’s report is…
Guest post: What does thinking like a professional mean? Legal Business Ask yourself this question: do you think of yourself as a professional? For many readers of this blog, I suspect…
Guest post: Legal aid reform – a fiscal realist’s view Legal Business Even I’m concerned about Chris Grayling’s proposals for criminal legal aid. When the government announced cuts to civil legal aid,…
Guest post: #SAVEUKJUSTICE and whoring justice to Russian chavs – a few observations from a sardonic law blogger Legal Business The #SAVEUKJUSTICE demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice yesterday (4 June) was well attended. Coverage of the event has been…
Guest post: Quality in law – endlessly invoked yet never defined Legal Business Here’s a question that’s been bothering me of late – what, exactly, is a quality legal service? You’ll have noticed…
Guest post: The real ‘scumbag criminal’ is still free – a matter at democracy’s heart Legal Business ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ – Martin Luther King – Letter from a Birmingham Jail – 16…
