Legal Insights

Companies with turnover in excess of £36,000,000 per year must now actively ensure their supply chain is free of modern slave labour and...

The Lawyer has published interesting research that says that the optimum ratio of fee-earners to business service staff is 0.71:1.  It...

This coming week law firm, Osborne Clarke, will host their annual marketing law forum. The session held in London will provide an insight...

Analytics everywhere unleashing value of social media data as well as the wide ranging data available in the justice system and held...

In lieu of hefty damages in a Czech civil claim, Jakub F agreed to a settlement - they could be avoided, provided a film denouncing...

Advertising is just getting smarter and more targeted and professionals should take note and learn from this. 

The Anne Frank Foundation has claimed that Otto Frank's contribution to Anne's diaries was significant enough to make him the co-author...

Great report in today's Times - Raconteur's Legal Innovation supplement.  A lot of good take homes for law firms and legal marketers. 

The British Legal Awards reached its heady conclusion last night - congrats to the winners and runners-up - and the deadline for...

The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the case of In the Matter of J (A Child) [2015] UKSC 70 and has allowed the...

Many brands make a strong play on their heritage - it is a tried and tested marketing strategy for the discerning consumer brand.

But...

The Workplace Relations Act sure is welcome - any reform in the employment law forum sphere is welcome. With waiting times of almost 2...

We see it all the time in cross-border contracts, particularly distribution agreements: the parties agree that "UK law" will apply to the...

Barclays Bank has taken another regulatory hit today. The Bank has been fined $150million for misconduct in foreign exchange trading by...

Jeremy Clarkson is in trouble again, this time facing a claim of race discrimination in the Employment Tribunal. It is perhaps now...

Whilst a steamy kiss may not satisfy the legal definition of 'adultery' for divorce purposes, it is certainly an example of 'unreasonable...

This is an interesting case for cohabitees - Barnes v Phillips [2015] EWCA Civ 1056 . This appeal judgment concerned the purchase of a...

It is not surprising that the Central Bank has today just announced proposals aimed at increasing protections and consumer choices for...

To pass any homophobic or racist comments off as banter seems completely out of touch with most people's views of such behaviour. But...

Football tends to operate by different rules to the rest of the business world. The level of pay, the fines, the lengthy fixed term...

This US based research shows some incredibly interesting stats showcasing how different demographics hire lawyers. The key thing to take...

The Office of National Statistics have published data which confirms that cohabitee relationships are on the rise. These relationships...

One of the aspects I love about my job as an employment lawyer is the variety each day brings. Every time I think I have finally seen...

The FT has a 3 part series on the turmoil and decline of the banking industry. There are 3 schools of thought about what is going on. 1)...

The U.S. Treasury Department is beginning to analyze the growing alternative-lending industry, The Treasury issued a RFI on the industry...

Gus Sellitto is quoted in The Times today on the news that a City lawyer has been sacked after a post-football match rant on You Tube in...

Unfortunately there seem to be ongoing delays at Bury St Edmunds divorce centre. The problems issuing the divorce petitions seem to have...

The conflict between the current law and new business models such as Uber is a theme I have returned to many times but this is because...

Although the specific facts of the dispute between junior doctors and Jeremy Hunt are pretty unique and will not be of direct relevance...

In the recent case of Veluppillai v Veluppillai [2015] EWHC 3095 (Fam) the husband, a litigant in person, was heavily criticised for...

Our research into the top 100 UK law firms features on Solicitors Journal today, following coverage in The Times' The Brief newsletter...

With the ever decreasing availability of legal aid there are more people representing themselves in family proceedings. Whilst this case...

More coverage of our report, this time in Solicitors Journal.

See our infographic below for a summary of our findings.

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