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Supreme Court strikes down £3bn Google data protection claim
The Supreme Court has blocked a £3bn representative action for misuse of private data by Google that did not seek to prove that consumers had actually suffered any damage.
Seller’s conveyancer calls police after harassment from buyers
A conveyancer has described how she ended up fearing for her safety and calling the police after harassment from the buyers on the other side.
Partner struck off for telling “outrageous” lies to SRA
A tribunal has condemned a partner’s “outrageous” lies to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, made in a bid to frustrate its investigation into her firm.
National firm’s subscription service “will change the way we work”
National law firm BLM launched a subscription service for commercial work this week which it describes as “a long-term project which will change the way we work”.
Solicitor sacked over order to move offices wins tribunal claim
A solicitor has won her claim for wrongful dismissal after being sacked by a law firm for pushing back against a direction to relocate with immediate effect to another office.
“Basic errors” keep law firms scoring low for customer experience
Law firms record lower scores for customer experience than other professional sectors, with a host of “basic and avoidable errors” costing them new business, a survey has found.
Less than half of barristers happy with their working lives
Only 47% of barristers feel generally content with their working lives, a report for the Bar Council has found, while just 45% felt they could “cope with the competing demands” of their job.
Law firm subject to UK’s biggest ever proceeds of crime forfeiture
A law firm is at the heart of the largest ever proceeds of crime forfeiture in the UK after an investigation spanning three continents.
Incompetent conveyancer’s conduct “a warning to the profession”
The case of a solicitor who was manifestly incompetent in handling a conveyancing transaction is “a warning to the profession” of stepping beyond their expertise, a tribunal has said.
Legal Ombudsman admits recovery will take longer than expected
Performance at the Legal Ombudsman will get worse before it gets better as the complaints-handler has admitted recovery will take longer than it anticipated.
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From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
Linklaters’ chief growth officer takes the ‘blank sheet’ challenge
In the third and final part of this series, Lucy Murphy, chief growth officer at magic circle firm Linklaters, outlines her vision for the law firm of the future.
The ‘blank sheet’ challenge, part 2 – what would you do differently?
In the second part of this blog series, Shainul Kassam, managing director of small London firm Fortune Law, sets out how she would set up a law firm now.
