Month: March 2012
Comparing website proposals
Comparing website proposals can be rather like comparing apples with pears. What questions should you ask and how do you know whether the quotes you receive are directly comparable? Designing a website requires the project management of six distinct phases: Planning the structure of the website Designing the look and feel Programming the site and […]
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An online solicitor in Scotland
As a one man band in the Far North of Scotland, I run a fairly standard Scottish county town solicitors office. Over the years, with areas of law becoming increasingly complicated and with the risks involved in being anything but well versed in what you practice, my practice has condensed down to estate agency and […]
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BIALL Solos / one man bands
The British & Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) was formed in 1969. It is an independent and self-supporting body representing the interests of legal information professionals, documentalists and other suppliers of legal literature and reference materials in the UK and Ireland. BIALL organises regular training events at both a national and regional level, publishes […]
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The changing legal landscape – threats and opportunities
The legal services market is likely to experience more changes in the next few years than at any time in recent history. There are clear threats to many high street law firms and solicitors from new competition but there are also opportunities for law firms willing to explore new business models and partnerships, or those […]
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Promoting your chambers
Spending money on promotion for your chambers is often seen as a massive punt, a huge risk, a pure gamble. But it needn’t be that way. It’s all about measuring your return on investment, and understanding that for success to be had, the investments needs to be planned, budgeted for and delivered via integrated marketing […]
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Who owns copyright in judgments?
With Delia Venables In one of our CPD courses last year, in a chapter on access to law, we stated that “There is some argument whether judges are public servants or not and hence whether their judgments are public sector information or not. In addition, regarding older judgments, the low level of originality required for […]
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Keeping up with information law
Another legal topic that has developed hand in hand with the internet is information law – a small but perfectly formed area of law where there is a great deal of online update, comment and other activity, not just from qualified lawyers, but from journalists and rights activists. Here is a selection of key blogs […]
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ProView professional grade ebooks
Rapidly evolving mobile technologies in the form of tablets, ultra-thin lap-tops and smart phones are having a profound impact on the practice of law. Around 9 per cent of the UK population now owns a tablet compared to just 2 per cent a year ago and adoption is accelerating. Sales of tablets now exceed the […]
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Conscious Guide to the EU Directive on use of Cookies
A summary of the issues and what it all means for your website Andrew Gray represents Conscious Solutions New rules about the use of cookies came into effect in the UK on 26 May 2011. Many people have asked what impact the new rules will have on Users of their websites and what they need […]
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