Roger Pearson reports on a case which will affect satirical journalism and clarify what constitutes a libel When it finally reaches full High Court hearing, the pending libel action in which actor and film director Steven Berkoff is suing journalist Julie Burchill and The Sunday Times over an article which he claimed indicates he was […]
Four lawyers, four bits of kit and four opinions about why the laptop computer has changed legal practice in the Nineties I bought a Mitac 3026E notebook computer which has a footprint no bigger than a counsel’s notebook. It’s about two inches deep and weighs little more than Volume 1 of the White Book. It […]
Four lawyers, four bits of kit and four opinions about why the laptop computer has changed legal practice in the Nineties My laptop is a Dell XPI90 and it has its own black plastic carrying case which protects it well from the knocks and bumps of everyday use. I have had it since September 1995 […]
Today’s technology is the laptop of luxury for law firms, letting their lawyers stay on the ball when out of the office, finds Linda Tsang With the revelation that over 300 judges have been surfing the World Wide Web on the ‘JudgeNet’, it seems that even the most technophobic of professions is learning to plug […]
Four lawyers, four bits of kit and four opinions about why the laptop computer has changed legal practice in the Nineties I first used portable computers in 1982 and they were optimistically described by their manufacturers as “luggables”. Weighing in at over 13kg and needing an external power supply, they were a far cry from […]
The Legal Software Suppliers Association admitted its first members this month. Thirteen suppliers, including Aim Professional, Norwel Computer Services and Linetime, have joined the newly-formed trade association. The LSSA was launched in May and aims to revitalise the image of legal software suppliers. Its predecessor, the Association of Legal Technology Suppliers, was severely rapped by […]
Write to: The Editor, The Lawyer, 50 Poland Street, London W1V 4AX, Fax 0171-734 0534 I am obliged to Mr Anthony Bogan for his letter published 27 August on two counts. Firstly, for having taken the trouble to read the articles and responding to them and, secondly, for acknowledging conveyancing is indeed a sinking ship. […]
Julian Knowles was born in Manchester on 26 January 1969. He is a barrister at 3 Raymond Buildings and specialises in criminal and human rights law. What was your first job? Selling duty free goods at Manchester airport for £2.34 per hour. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? Being a barrister I […]
“Survival in the high street’ was not just the motto of last week’s Solicitors Property Group (SPG) national conference in London; it has been the profession’s major preoccupation since anyone can remember. The big firms have their up and downs, but in general they jog along contentedly and their survival has never been in doubt. […]
Lord Justice Phillips uses a Siemens Nixdorf Scenic 4NC, and a Canon bubble jet printer, supplied by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, and has had this equipment for about four years. The laptop has mainly been used on the Bench, either for the judge to take notes of proceedings, or for the installation of courtroom software […]
INFOTECH Alison Laferla reports City firm Herbert Smith is to install an Ymijs litigation support system, RKYV, after successfully testing the product in a recent case. The firm spent about 18 months choosing the system, and decided on RKYV after using it in a large case recently. The system allowed lawyers to carry all the […]
Some recent forced caesarean cases in the Family Division show that family judges are keen to extend the categories in which non-consensual surgery can be authorised, under intense pressure from doctors and their lawyers. The latest cases to be reported are Rochdale Healthcare (NHS) Trust v C and Norfolk and Norwich (NHS) Trust v W, […]