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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
25 October 2017
#LSA10 10 years: The global impact of the Legal Services Act
As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Legal Services Act, those of us who have been knocking around the international legal services scene since the mid-2000s can be forgiven a wry smile.
24 October 2017
#LSA10: The Legal Services Act and Regulatory Bloodlines
Many years ago, I remember a partner telling me that his daughter wasn’t allowed, because of the firm’s partnership agreement, to work at his firm but that she would, of course, go to one of the other magic circle firms. This idea, that lawyer dynasties would spread their bloodlines throughout various elite firms, has stayed with me ever since.
23 October 2017
#LSA10: Reflecting on 10 years of the Legal Services Act - An Introduction
On the 30th October 2017 the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) reaches its 10th anniversary. That seems an appropriate moment to pause and reflect on what has happened over the last 10 years and how the LSA has shaped the legal market in England and Wales and beyond. Over the next week we will be publishing 6 blogs, one each day looking at different aspects of the impact of the LSA written by the regulatory team at Kingsley Napley and also guest experts. We will also be looking forward to the next 10 years.
17 October 2017
How much weight should be afforded to expert evidence in sexual misconduct cases?
General Medical Council v Stone [2017] EWHC 2534 (Admin) Before Mr Justice Jay
16 October 2017
Private Prosecution of Summer Holiday Fraudsters
When Sir Cliff Richard penned the lyrics to Summer Holiday in 1963 he could not have anticipated that the prospect of “no more working for a week or two” would be tested to its limits by some greedy holidaymakers. Whereas most of us are willing to splash a little cash to enjoy a few weeks on a sunny beach, and consider it a good investment of time and money, it seems that a few dishonest folk see it as an opportunity to make a buck by scamming their travel operator.
