Guest post: Don’t abuse the Brexit litigants – their action shows we live in a free country Legal Business The law firm Mishcon de Reya is bringing an action to force the Prime Minister, whoever she (or just conceivably…
IP UK Legal Business Brexit and the outlook for sports law Sport is a multibillion-dollar global industry on a permanent growth trend. Football, that…
Guest post: The referendum now poses a serious threat to Parliamentary Sovereignty Legal Business Forget about the online petition. We do not have government by petition, particularly not when we don’t know how many…
Guest post from Herbert Smith Freehills – Brexit: After the vote Legal Business The ‘in-out’ referendum on the question of the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU) which has dominated the political…
Guest post: The tax position of out campaign funders Legal Business If you click here you can see a link to the Electoral Commission list of donations to referendum participants arranged…
Guest Post: Something (Macro) Looks Wrong – that sinking feeling the global economy just ain’t right Legal Business ‘Something looks wrong.’ So begins a recent Greg Ip column in The Wall Street Journal. What exactly ‘looks wrong?’ Well,…
Guest post: US associate pay – welcome to the New Mediocre Legal Business ‘New York To $190!’ was the long-running headline Above The Law printed frequently in more innocent and/or palmier days, with…
Spain: A changing legal landscape Legal Business Garrigues’ Fernando Vives on the after-effects of the crisis. Let’s take, as a starting premise, that the Spanish economy’s situation…
Guest post: Why poor cross-selling sends the wrong message to clients Legal Business At the annual Legal Marketing Association conference in Austin, a vendor conducted a survey that asked attendees what their ‘highest-priority…
Middle Eastern resilience Legal Business JLegal’s Richard McLerie discusses the region’s legal market. Over the past 12 months, the region has endured a period punctuated…
Key legislative developments in the UAE Legal Business Afridi & Angell’s James Bowden highlights four of the latest legal updates. In the past year the UAE saw an…
Comment: GCs have scraped a seat at the table but too many are wasting the opportunity Legal Business Barclays, Volkswagen and Tesco are three massive businesses in three significant, sophisticated and important business sectors. Each one of these…
Guest post: How to write like a lawyer Legal Business Writing properly florid legal text takes years of practice. No-one enjoys reading it: not even the curmudgeon who has taken…
Guest post: A new report into HMRC’s investigation of tax fraud by the wealthy Legal Business Overnight the Public Accounts Committee published a timely report on ‘Tackling Tax Fraud’. It’s fairly short and you can read…
Guest post: On David Cameron and inheritance tax Legal Business To avoid tax you have to do a thing which cuts your tax bill. Fail to do that thing and…
Litigation funding: Levelling the playing field Legal Business Kobre & Kim’s Robert Henoch and Michael Ng discuss third-party financing. Outward-facing Israeli companies often find themselves facing off against…
Israel: ‘Early exit’ controversy Legal Business Yigal Arnon’s Barry Levenfeld discusses tech sector exits. Do Israeli companies exit too early? Some, primarily government officials, but also…
Guest post: After the Panama Papers expect rhetoric to quiet the mob, not meaningful change Legal Business Two days in. Lots of column inches. But what will it all mean for the future? Some embarrassment, a scalp…
Guest post: Automation – the end of low-qualified lawyers? Legal Business Deloitte’s 2016 report [Developing legal talent: Stepping into the future law firm] has garnered some attention for suggesting a ‘tipping…
Guest post: The Panama Papers – why it’s very possible the behaviour is criminal Legal Business In the coming days you will hear a lot about the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion.
