Latest Legal News

Articles

Early warning

Glenda Ferneyhough discusses a recent case prompting practitioners to draw their clients' attention to the details of a lease, as well as other decisions of interest to conveyancers

Law firms should not be the law enforcers

A new pilot scheme on seizing the proceeds of crime has the potential to jeopardise the fairness of already draconian legislation, argues Samira Noor Khan

Fixed costs: Bad news or bad news?

With the spectre of fixed costs in civil litigation looming, Julian Oldfield warns firms to start preparing now for changes to the way they practice and the potential loss of revenue

Illegality re-examined

Richard Hayes and Oliver Hyams consider whether the public policy approach taken by the Supreme Court in Patel v Mirza has clarified the law of illegality

Balancing disclosure and protection

Georgina Squire advises litigators on the potential pitfalls involved in protecting privileged documents

Get the Mad Men effect

Following in the footsteps of the ad men of the 1960s, Douglas McPherson advises firms to focus on articulating their strongest and most saleable properties to win over prospective clients

A waste of talent | 9 September 1988

We have often found it strange to read in the daily papers of yet another poll of a few hundred people which when analysed shows that the Conservative party now has a lead of 14 per cent over the Labour party. What we find strange is that with what appears to be such a small sample the polls are so often right.

The holy grail of precedent automation

Automating the drafting process can improve firms' profitability, efficiency, and risk management, provided they don't underestimate the complexities involved, writes James Quinn