Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future is a new book by Richard Susskind, published by Oxford University Press, January 2013. It is smaller and more compact than Richard’s previous books and inexpensive (in paperback at £9.99) but contains the condensed and assimilated wisdom of one of the most important thinkers that we have about […]
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The legal landscape is changing rapidly as a result of the Jackson Reforms ban on referral fees and the introduction of alternative business structures. With the large aggregators facing an uncertain future, many firms are increasingly looking to bring lead generation in house using pay per click (PPC) marketing platforms especially Google Adwords. PPC offers […]
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My new Microsoft Surface RT was delivered on 31 October 2012. Not since I was a young boy opening the box to a Dragon computer or a BBC Micro had I so anticipated owning a new computer. (I never got a Sinclair ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64.) The Surface is a slick looking piece […]
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The new Outcomes Focused Regulations (OFR), increased competition in the legal services market and the changes in the way potential clients look for legal advice are all factors that should be encouraging law firms to spend some time looking at how their client feedback works and exploring how they can act on and use this […]
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2012 was a big year for online dispute resolution (ODR) culminating in the introduction of the world’s first piece of legislation specific to ODR. Ten years after the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe launched the annual International Forum on ODR, the shaping by online technology of a global justice system is coming of age […]
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On 20 November 2012 Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, delivered the First Annual BAILII Lecture, entitled “No Judgment – No Justice” in which he dealt with three important aspects of improving access to justice through improved access to judgments: their clarity, free dissemination and enhancement. His intro para is worth quoting here in […]
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Delia Venables, Nick Holmes and I go back a long way (remember the old Law Society LOMAT guides Delia, or Computers for Lawyers from Longmans, Nick?) so it’s a great pleasure to be invited to write something for the online version of the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. By way of background, at about the same […]
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Although eBooks have been around in various guises for many years, they only hit the big time in 2010 with the introduction of Kindle 3 from Amazon and the launch of the iPad from Apple; they have since exploded in popularity to the extent that Amazon now sells more eBooks than print editions. On the […]
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What has happened so far? In previous articles I have described how it took Abney Garsden McDonald solicitors 7 years to go paperless. The things most people want to know are: Is it possible to go completely paperless? What do you do with the paper? What were the obstacles/problems? How much did you save and […]
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Domain names are the basis of all websites and therefore much of ecommerce. Here are ten legal tips to keep in mind. 1. Due diligence If you are looking to register new names, carry out domain name, trade mark and internet searches to make sure that you do not commit to a name which could […]
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Social media and the legal system in the news Acknowledging the pace of change and a desire to have live text-based reporting from court, Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, gave guidance in December 2011, enabling the media or legal commentators to send live text-based communications (primarily, but not exclusively messages on Twitter) from Court, […]
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As a co-founder of a start-up legal technology company, I am now enjoying a somewhat different life from my days in practice. I was a probate solicitor in Yorkshire until 2010 when I gave up a steady job for the rollercoaster that is entrepreneurship in the competitive field of legal technology. I am delighted to […]
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