Latest Legal News

Articles

Litigation 'lite': Shorter and flexible trial schemes

Whiston Bristow and Giles Hutt dissect the latest initiative to enter the High Court, which hopes to stem lengthy commercial disputes

The Minority Report for the business world

Employers wanting to establish a new form of employee monitoring should make sure ?it is data protection compliant first, says Raoul Parekh

Junior Lawyers Division FAQ hopes to raise awareness of equivalent means provision

Surprise over the small number of applications for equivalent means qualification leads junior membership body to release handy guide on route

City firms in power struggle with clients

Third-party 'shadow clients' dictate when firms can act in financial services litigation

Is either legal aid or the NHS less important?

Access to justice is undeniably less immediate in its nature than a medical emergency, but the long-term repercussions for people are not incomparable, says Pippa Allsop

Electoral fraud: A growth area for lawyers?

Thanks to Tower Hamlets, fears over postal fraud have taken on a life of their own, writes John van der Luit-Drummond

Gap closes between top and mid-tier law firms

PEP at Top 10 firms worse than all others with only half achieving income growth

Lord Chief Justice won't be waiting half a century to see a more diverse judiciary

Diversity is the hallmark of justice, says the Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd