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20 November 2008
Issue: 7346 / Categories: Legal News , Media , Training & education , Profession
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News in Brief

Web savvy

The legal profession needs to be more “web savvy” if it is fully exploit the commercial potential of the internet, an internet marketing consultant says. The vast majority of law firms are winning no business at all on the web, when they could be generating up to 80% of new business online, says Gordon Beattie, chair of Dmarkable. He recommends lawyers use ongoing optimisation techniques to keep their website at the top of search engines.

Issue: 7346 / Categories: Legal News , Media , Training & education , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

NEWS
What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection? 
Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?
When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ
When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
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