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
Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC
Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice
Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark
Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant
Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf
Partner and associate join employment practice
NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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