Year: 2010
Crown Commons
With the launch of the data.gov.uk beta website – providing access to over 2,500 central government datasets – comes a new licensing model for government information which it is intended will be launched government-wide by the end of May 2010 to replace the existing “Click-Use” licence. The new licence is interoperable with the Creative Commons […]
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A new kind of advocate; a new kind of chambers
Since 2007 Perren Buildings has been pioneering a way for solicitor advocates to work together in criminal practice. The last few years have seen solicitor advocates emerging as a significant presence in the Crown Courts, but we recognised that traditional firms do not necessarily offer the right support and career opportunities to Crown Court advocates. […]
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The importance of local search in web marketing
When was the last time you reached for phone book when you needed a hotel, a florist, or indeed a solicitor? We’re much more likely to reach for Google than the Yellow Pages, and “Local Search” is about how the internet presents geo-targeted information about your business, including location maps, customer reviews and detailed information […]
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Digital dictation on the move
Lawrence Graham LLP is a leading UK law firm. With over 60 partners and 200 lawyers, we offer clients legal and business solutions based on practical, commercial advice. LG’s clients operate in a variety of business sectors, most notably in real estate, public sector, hospitality and leisure, banking and financial services. LG introduced digital dictation […]
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Social software at Addleshaw Goddard
Blog beginnings Addleshaw Goddard started using social software over three years ago by using WordPress to run two blogs for a couple of our business services teams. The IT team replaced a traditional weekly email newsletter with a blog. This covered reports on the various activities they were engaged in, together with more informal posts […]
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Google Law – the beginnings
It was only a matter of time before Google turned its attention to the law – and we now have Legal Opinions on Google Scholar which opens up access to full text legal opinions from US federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts and via a Cited By feature links to other cases and […]
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Google Books Settlement – an update
Here is an update following the article in the November/December 2009 issue. On 18 February 18 US District Judge Denny Chin, who is considering the terms of the Google Books settlement, announced that he would “end the suspense” by revealing that he would not rule on the settlement just yet. It is reported that there […]
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IT in the Supreme Court
The new Supreme Court is the UK’s most technologically advanced court. One remarkable innovation is that, in each of the three courtrooms, there are four fixed cameras. These record all proceedings for display on large monitors in the exhibition area. Although the sittings of the Court are not yet made available on the Web or […]
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How to make, and save, more money using IT
Here are some ideas about how firms could simplify their life, cut out unnecessary processes, and thereby make – or save – more money. Many of these ideas involve the use of IT and build on the use of email, your web site and internet access to legal resources. I hope you can find at […]
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Digital media law highlights of 2009
Copyright, in various guises, has featured heavily in the media this year, being in the spotlight at both legislative and judicial level, with high profile decisions in UK and EU courts, and numerous papers, reports, consultations and reviews at UK and EU level. In addition, developments in consumer expectations, business models, and technological innovations have […]
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LawNet – stronger together
In this series on referral companies, I have so far looked at Quality Solicitors, a very new player run by a barrister for solicitors, and Contact Law, a non-solicitor run organisation which started in 2005. LawNet is very different from both of these. Started in 1989 by Simon Maddox, a visionary solicitor in Birmingham, it […]
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Pro bono law – getting organised online?
Around half of all solicitors occasionally do legal work for free. There is no reason to think the numbers for barristers and legal executives are any different. “Pro bono” advice – as it is known – occurs in many different contexts from phone advice in the office to evening law clinics in community centres to […]
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