Legal Strategy
Clegg backs law firms’ PRIME recruitment initiative
UK deputy prime minister makes case for improving social mobility in legal world, in the wake of a scheme by some of the country’s top law firms to broaden job opportunities...  »
Alternatives and discoveries on the rise for in-house lawyers
Expected growth in legal disputes sends corporate counsel on hunt for low-cost solutions, as data-gathering issues grow up around new technologies...  »
Thinking towards a more dynamic UK regulatory system
In his new blog, Matt Packer highlights a consultation that is seeking your views on how to streamline regulation in the UK legal sector...  »
Preparing for diversity: future paths for the UK legal sector
A host of new commercial routes awaits the UK legal landscape in the wake of liberalisation, with alternative business structures opening many of them. Industry expert Jack Diggle explains the potenti....  »
Famous firsts in UK legal sector for regulator, firm and industry
As a new landscape for the UK legal sector becomes a reality, the first regulator of alternative business structures – and first firm to work in that framework – are unveiled...  »
Legal sector Action Plan kicks off in India
Government initiative to raise awareness of liberalisation benefits makes a start in world’s leading location for legal services outsourcing...  »
Opportunity and independence awaits US and UK in liberalised legal sector
In an exclusive column for NewLegal Review, Law Society of England and Wales president John Wotton addresses UK regulatory issues and US concerns over alternative business structures...  »
UK government commits to ban on referral fees
Controversial payments made in return for transfers of clients and casework to be curbed in personal injury field under new proposals, with hints that ban could widen if successful...  »
Justice secretary Ken Clarke pledges ‘Big Bang’ for UK legal sector
As proportion of total UK revenue generated by legal services rises, senior Cabinet member sets out measures to promote competition and consumer choice...  »
Are lawmakers smoking out tobacco brands?
Australia faces some imposing legal hurdles in its attempt to ban tobacco trademarks. However, as Matt Packer writes, this has not stopped other countries from thinking about extinguishing them...  »