By Martino Jerian, CEO and Founder, Amped Software In last month’s column, we discussed the main issues around the use of digital images and videos as evidence in general. This time we will focus our attention on footage retrieved from CCTV (Closed-circuit television) and the best ways of handling it to ensure it stands up […]
The Serious Fraud Office has had a good year, or so its advocates would suggest. In 2017, two deferred prosecution agreements made by the SFO with Rolls-Royce (£479.25m) and Tesco (£129m) delivered more than £600m in fines for the UK Treasury. The fact that no-one has yet gone to prison for the crimes committed by […]
Law firms face a massive customer relationship management challenge. Getting the right information to the right people is key if business development and marketing activities are to be successful. To address this issue, many law firms have invested in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. But too often, these systems are just not delivering the […]
By Paul Lewis, an accredited specialist in the law of contested wills, trusts estates and probate, Shulmans LLP In light of the recent case whereby an Australian man’s unsent text was accepted by the judge as his official will, Paul Lewis considers the case under English law. In England, the law currently prevents an unsent […]
Big data has infiltrated (and, for the most part, improved) almost every industry, but in the police force, it’s resulted in an unexpected consequence: an uptick in Injured on Duty (IOD) retaliation cases. At the Los Angeles Police Department, captains are grilled by their superiors every month and must explain data collected through a […]
This month was World Mental Health Day. Here, Richard Martin, former city employment lawyer, discusses how legal firms can address mental health in the workplace. The American Bar Association has recently published a ground-breaking report on the importance of mental health, and awareness of it, among the US legal profession. The report, available here […]
Cybersecurity attacks are so commonplace that incidents regularly make front page news. They don’t discriminate either; cybercriminals target any sized company from every sector. Most alarmingly, these acts of crime are growing rapidly. Today, the Breach Level Index, which keeps count of lost or stolen data records, shows its breach counting as sitting at just […]
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