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18 June 2014
Issue: 7611 / Categories: Legal News
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Paper please

“Paperless” working may be a current buzzword but UK law firms are heading in the opposite direction, according to a study by digital print supplier Altodigital. Among more than 100 decision makers at law firms, just 11% believed they would be paper-free in five years, while 93% said the printed page would remain critical to their operation. Some 96% regularly printed out e-mails to read, while more than 80% printed in colour and single sided.

 

Issue: 7611 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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