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Last week the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Trump v. Hawaii that President Donald Trump's proclamation restricting entry from particular Muslim-majority countries was ‘within in his authority’. To gain a US perspective on this, Lawyer Monthly has heard from several US legal experts nationwide on the complexities involved in this judgement and overall impact. […]
'Oversexed, overpaid and over here' was a comic quip used by British soldiers to describe the thousands of American GIs who were stationed in Britain before D-Day. It was, of course, good humoured banter. Today’s march of US law firms in London is the modern equivalent of their wartime military counterparts, and such firms have […]
In a ground-breaking piece of research, legal market experts Acritas has published an Index that shows the power of alternative legal service providers. This new Index has been established to identify the strongest non-law firm brands within this rapidly growing part of the broader global legal industry. 221 senior in-house counsel, collectively responsible for $1.2bn […]
Elon Musk, CEO and Founder of Tesla, is being accused of infringing on copyright and is happy to admit this is the case. According to reports, promotional material for Tesla used the same images of a unicorn farting into a pipe in order to power a car; material originally drawn by Colorado potter Tom Edwards. […]
A brief introduction into Making Tax Digital. Learn when it is set to be implemented, how it will effect your business and what we recommend with regards to Cloud Accountancy software to ensure compliance.
The Bar Council’s flagship social mobility initiative, Bar Placement Week, will this week mark 10 years of giving sixth form students from non-traditional backgrounds the opportunity to spend a week experiencing life as a barrister. The 10 year anniversary of the scheme comes as the Bar Council launches a new social mobility campaign online, entitled […]
Media is rife that Nirav Modi, an Indian billionaire jeweller, has fled India and is now seeking political asylum in the UK, following allegations of a gigantic fraud. Below Rahul Batra of Hudson McKenzie explains how this has led to a chain of similar cases and developed a form of ‘Quit India Movement’ with a […]
UK taxpayers who fail to disclose offshore income or gains, either by failing to notify HMRC of their chargeability to UK tax, failing to deliver a tax return or by submission of an incorrect tax return will face imprisonment and swingeing penalties say leading accounting, tax and advisory practice Blick Rothenberg. Gary Gardner, a partner […]
From the very real statistics to the overall atmosphere in the legal sector, below Lawyer Monthly hears from Francine Ryan, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at The Open University, on the problematic lack of work across the legal sphere. Figures from the Law Society show that in 2016-17, 17,855 UK […]
New figures from the “Barristers’ Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying” report, released by the Bar Council, indicate that reports of harassment or bullying and discrimination within the barristers’ profession, as well as reports of observations of harassment or bullying and discrimination, have increased in comparison with previous years. Among other findings, the survey reveals […]
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