Archive

Fair costs outcomes and later part 36 offers

The Court of Appeal's decision to allow full cost recovery in a case where a part 36 offer was accepted two years later will have undesirable consequences, says Simon Gibbs

Losing interest: advising clients about claims for interest

The difficulties in estimating the rate which your clients may be able to claim interest should be no barrier to you advising about the option, says Stuart Carsonat

Technology | Why Big Data is a big deal for law firms

As Big Data becomes an all pervasive concept law firms need to review their client data, storage and management systems, says Damian Blackburn

Picking up the IPP pieces

The recent Strasbourg ruling that indeterminate sentences 'breached human rights was not unexpected, yet the ramifications 'for the UK government could be considerable, says Jill Lorimer

Editor's blog | Riding the regulatory tide

Making will-writing a reserved activity may be a blunt way of increasing consumer protection but when the consensus is in favour, solicitors should support rather than fight it

By the way | Shakespearean outcomes

Dealing with fellow lawyers can be frustrating and some of them can be downright negligent, but it doesn't mean we should kill all the lawyers, says Catherine Burtinshaw

Unleashed | Promoting the solicitor brand

Challenged by travel companions about 'his status as a lawyer, Russell Conway says 'it's time the profession – legal aid lawyers 'in particular – got the credit it deserves

ABS diary | Taking the IT step

Technology can help firms develop their traditional models without turning them into process-driven organisations, 'says Bernadette Summers