Work hours for lawyers are the stuff of legend, we know that. Long hours, short marriages, high stress, low health.The worries about depression and other health issues have long been something that has troubled law societies and others, particularly in tougher times when lawyers may be required to work harder than ever.And now Legall Week […]
A long list of UK law firms have been investigated by the Information Commissioner for likely data breaches last year, according to information from a software technology company.Egress Software Technologies revealed that the Information Commissioner’s Office investigated 173 UK firms for a variety of incidents that may have breached the Data Protection Act.A total of
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“Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson is not to face prosecution for his “fracas” (ie an alleged assault upon a producer) after a “victim lead” and “routine enquiries” had been completed by Police.But the entertaining and mischevious Clarkson is still fired from the BBC’s top show.Clarkson has been providing some good fodder for lawyers and the
It’s an ugly word and an even more ugly trend, but “jihadimania” is occurring in Britain with the risk of young Britons and others seeing the lure of ISIS as something akin to pop idol worship.The trend has been reported by one of Britain’s leading Muslim prosecutors, Nazir Afzal, who said that many more people
The debacle encircling the BBC over the television “Top Gear” fracas involving Jeremy Clarkson has seen the lawyers enter the fray and Clarkson launching an expletive laden tirade against the corporation for destroying the top-rating show.Clarkson has hired major law firm Olswang and senior partner Mark Devereaux to represeent him at the BBC inquiry, while
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Leading global law firm, Clifford Chance has announced two new senior level appointments designed to support the delivery of the firm’s strategy. Caroline Firstbrook, who joins the firm in mid February, succeeds Amanda Burton as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Meanwhile, Bas Boris Visser, Managing Partner of Clifford Chance’s Amsterdam office, takes on the new
Like many publications involved in the legal media, the Lawyer in the UK has been asking why so few women make to senior roles? Specifically, The Lawyer asked, why do they not make senior management roles, noting that only eight women hold senior roles in the UK’s top 50 law firms. The whole gender issue
Vannin Capital – The Ministry of Justice recently announced that it plans to raise revenue from the court system by introducing a new structure for fees from April 2015 for bringing money claims over the value of £10,000. Under the new system, the court fee to issue money claims over £10,000, will be calculated as
Fake law firms are on the increase according to Bar Associations in Europe, with scammers gathering information from their “clients” and using – or misusing – the identities of real lawyers and their branding to add credibility to their ruses.The Law Society of Scotland has warned members and the public about the growing trend, asking
Issues to increase law firm productivity have long excited the interest of law firm managers, but an English firm has now taken on a ‘paid time off’ (PTO) policy that lets employees take the time they like from the firm.The firm, Ashton KCJ in East Anglia, is trialling the policy with a few towards deciding
