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Seven law firms have made it into The Sunday Times’ annual 100 Best Companies to work for ranking.10 Mar 2010
Silk status award celebrated
Almost 50% of applicants successful but only one solicitor-advocate award Nearly half of all QC applicants have been successful in the latest round of competition. However, of the 129 new appointees…5 Mar 2010
Controlling the beast
Contrary to popular belief, “litigation PR” is not a dark art: it is much better described as conducting PR in a strait-jacket—the key difference with litigation PR being that it…5 Mar 2010
Standard bearers
Jonathan Karas QC outlines the desired qualities of expert witnesses26 Feb 2010
Jackson & “hot tubbing”
Graham Hain explains the implications of Lord Jackson’s proposal for “concurrent evidence”26 Feb 2010
Best laid plans
Is there appropriate certainty in mapping boundaries? asks Carl Calvert26 Feb 2010
Fraud awareness
Mark Sharpley suggests how to prevent fraudulent activity12 Feb 2010
Law in 101 words
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage5 Feb 2010
Testimonial gold-dust
Joe Reevy emphasises the importance of keeping the audience in mind when writing testimonials5 Feb 2010
Playing by the rules
Simon Young underlines the importance of updating partnership agreements5 Feb 2010
Approach with care
Dr Chris Pamplin explains how to save money without damaging the supply of expert witnesses29 Jan 2010
Making a point
No less than 12 judges were assembled in the Court of Appeal (five) and the Supreme Court (seven) to deal with the thorny questions raised in R v Horncastle [2009]…29 Jan 2010
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A final hearing has to be adjourned because counsel for one of the parties meets with an accident on the way to court and is taken to hospital. How should…
What is the deadline for putting a claim form in the post (or DX etc)? CPR 7.5(1) now says it is “before 12.00 midnight on the calendar day four months…
CPR 36.11 provides that if a Pt 36 offer is accepted, the claim will be stayed. It does not say that the claim will “stand stayed” or that it will…
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