Two diametrically opposed articles have caught my eye today, about the new Supreme Court. 1. Richard Susskind writing in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers (Jan/Feb edition) talks admiringly about the court being the most technologically advanced in the UK, and describes how the Justices can call up documents and court papers with the flick of…
This blog is mainly about British lawyers, however I was somewhat startled to read this article in the Florida Bar News. This states that from January 2010, lawyer websites (in Florida that is) will be subject to strict advertising standards, which will include no testimonials, no details of past results and no statements characterising the…
In his book The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the nature of legal services Richard Susskind predicts that the current structure and method of working in legal firms cannot last, and that traditional legal practice is due for big changes over the next 20 years. A report in the Times today seems to indicate that this…
Don’t trust the government when planning your career
Three stories have struck me in the news today. The HIPS disaster HIPs were introduced in about 2007 I think as a way to ‘speed up’ conveyancing. Practically every conveyancer I have ever spoken to has said that it was ill conceived and would do little if nothing to help conveyancing delays. Did the government…
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