THIS ISSUE
Digital marketing requires ‘a holistic approach’, Daniel O’Connor, co-founder of Transform Digital Marketing, writes in NLJ this week.
Online review and price comparison websites for solicitors may sound like a good idea from a consumer’s point of view, but the reality is quite different, John Gould, senior partner at Russell-Cooke, writes in this week’s NLJ
The UK is one of the most economically and socially unequal countries in the world, according to the Equality Trust, Theo Huckle QC writes in this week’s NLJ.
Writing in NLJ’s chambers' special this week, Mark Rowlands, CEO, Lamb Chambers, shares insights on effective virtual client communication while dealing with Zoom fatigue, webinar overload and other lockdown issues
How have chambers changed in the face of the COVID crisis? One year on, Jane Bewsey QC of Red Lion Chambers provides a status report
Mark Rowlands, CEO Lamb Chambers, shares some insights on best practice for ‘virtual’ client communications
Comparing the market: John Gould considers the hidden perils of online review sites for the legal profession
Anthony de Garr Robinson QC discusses the principles governing the transfer of insurance business to other insurers
David Miers considers a new approach to compensation orders in light of the Sentencing Act 2020
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Mourant—Stephen Alexander
Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council
mfg Solicitors—nine trainees
Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort
360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan
Investment banking veteran appointed as chairman to drive global growth
NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
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