Day: 5 September 2012
Can copyright adapt to the digital age?
The copyright “paradox” Copyright works, created by professionals and amateurs alike, are ubiquitous on the network, on social media platforms, websites and online services. In June this year, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Imperial College published new estimates of investment in the UK’s copyright industries, of which the publishing industry is a significant part. […]
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Distance selling – the law
The growth of online shopping shows no sign of abating. The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) expects a 14.0 per cent increase in UK online sales to reach £57.39 billion in 2012. This means that in the UK, 13.2 per cent of retail sales will be online. The attractions of buying online are many. One […]
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Developments at Cecile Park Publishing
Cecile Park Publishing started in 1999 to provide global, authoritative and incisive legal and regulatory information solutions in fast growing business areas. We recognised early on that information contained in separate, unconnected national silos no longer meets the demands of a global marketplace. Thirteen years after the launch of our first print and online journal, […]
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The end of personal injury lawyers?
The need for change Why do we need to change the way we do things? After all, we are not doing too badly from personal injury work at the moment. The short answer is that if many of you have found the changes over the past few years uncomfortable, with the abolition of legal aid, […]
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Social media in the workplace
Social media is no longer the bright shiny new toy of a couple of years ago. The initial rush to blog and tweet has passed. New platforms come along and spark some Pinterest (pinterest.com), while others like Google+ briefly flourish then fade. Businesses still face the perennial worry of employees posting inappropriate material on Facebook […]
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Developments at Law Society Publishing
Over the last year, the Law Society has made increased use of digital media in order to expand and improve the service that it is able to offer to solicitors and other legal professionals. ebooks On the publishing side, in response to the feedback we received from a customer survey, we have been trialling the […]
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Bringing the statute book up to date
Since July 2010 we have had a world class official home of UK legislation at legislation.gov.uk delivered by The National Archives (TNA). The sophisticated service provides simple and direct browse access to legislation by type, year and number and simple or advanced searches. Any piece of primary legislation or legislation fragment may be viewed as […]
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