Ten reasons to outsource your cashiering

Julian Bryan represents Quill Pinpoint Some of the most successfully run practices are introducing outsourcing as a core component of their business strategy. In direct response to regulatory changes in the profession and competitive movements in the legal marketplace, law firms are increasingly adopting a businesslike management approach, resulting in offloading back office functions, such […]

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Legal Web Watch May 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Privacy? Forget about it Insofar as we still measure column inches on the web, many yards in the last month have been devoted to […]

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Long tail SEO for law firms

As reliance on the internet becomes ever more prevalent and Google is considered to be more of an authority on all matters than ever before, reaching the upper echelons of search engine rankings is of paramount importance to legal firms. The competition is high but the attractive Google real estate is extremely limited so implementing […]

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Copyright in website images

As simple as it is to find images online, one could be forgiven for thinking it is just as easy to know which images may be used. Unfortunately, the complexities of copyright law and the limited awareness of its rules can make the process of finding and using images a potential minefield for businesses. No […]

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What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin refers to a type of digital currency known as a cryptocurrency, as well as the peer-to-peer system on which it relies. Bitcoin describes itself as “an innovative payment network and a new kind of money”. Cryptocurrencies are based on principles of cryptography and generally entail complicated mathematical equations which need to be solved in […]

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The future of digital copyright

Copyright is the property right the law gives authors/creators and those taking ownership from them to control the copying and other forms of exploitation of their creations or “works”. The traditional view is that copyright arose out of lobbying by printers to prevent the piracy of their books. So in one sense it was a […]

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Internet skills for lawyers

This article covers some internet skills and tools which may already be second nature to you, but equally may be refreshing ideas which will make your working life that little bit easier. Bookmarks – good practice and useful tools Everyone has their favourite websites which they like to visit. Of course, whilst there are some […]

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European institutions and legal resources

EU institutions Europa is the official website of the European Union and the starting place for all information on the Institutions of Europe. It is a complex site, attempting to provide information for many different types of viewer – from children, students and adult viewers through to politicians and lawyers looking for the “nitty gritty” […]

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Copyright, fair use and the advance of culture

The problem with a lot of the debate about copyright is that it becomes polarised. It’s “big media” v the “little guy”. It’s “closed copyright, a barrier to innovation” v “open internet, cultural advancement and freedom of expression”. It’s bad guy, good guy. It’s also not unusual to read that the absence of a “fair […]

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Legal Web Watch April 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Internet law (copyright in particular) April 26 was World IP Day. I didn’t notice too many people getting excited by this. But one who […]

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Selling employment law with online HR

Suddenly it’s not just employers and employees who feel threatened by the pace of change in employment law; it’s the business of delivering employment law that is changing so suddenly. The latest figures show that employment tribunal claims are down enormously on previous quarters due to the implementation of fees, but these are not the […]

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Legal Web Watch March 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. The web at 25 and a digital bill of rights It was 25 years ago that Tim Berners Lee, working at CERN, “invented” the […]

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