FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyers On Demand (LOD), the alternative legal services provider backed by Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has revealed data that clearly reveals the extent of the rapidly growing UK flexible resources legal market. Notably LOD said that its turnover has increased by more than 500 per cent over the past four years to around £9m. Full story - The Lawyer
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- A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 1st to 7th February http://t.co/HCHII3sXod
- Met's refusal to police London rally 'may be human rights breach' http://t.co/Snpwg8xCW8
- #France says it did not restrict UK from using HSBC files to pursue bank and criminals http://t.co/48YSKZ1Hy9
- Three men jailed for raping drunk woman http://t.co/aeEbPZ1nz3
- How Rupert Murdoch's MSC ruined a former Sun reporter's life http://t.co/Lt1YFyzjAM
- Plans to digitise Local Land Charges Register welcomed by property professionals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/WLhJJG1itR
- Insolvency profession calls for the return of Criminal Bankruptcy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/p4C7zDOnpA
- BSB to streamline complaint handling regulations and powers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/nkXaBWzCO0
- Jeweller wins claim against Barclays for leaving him £150,000 short | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ThMNFOI0ac
- Coventry decision should not extend to mesothelioma cases | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tbM8xcWa8a
- Scientologist and actor Tom Cruise swoops dramatically into the Temple on a mystery assignment https://t.co/VRABY0Ashp
- Fifty Shades of trainee solicitor torture: https://t.co/2mwWg5S5iT
- Berwin Leighton Paisner culls 25% of newly-qualified solicitors: https://t.co/Lge024DUH6
- Legal Practice Course student in 155-mile arctic adventure charity bid: https://t.co/CKB2D5NWwa
- Saga telly advert creates a world where everyone speaks like lawyers – and it’s not pretty: https://t.co/H3AIJvEBeK
- Clifford Chance completes magic circle retention report by rejecting 9% of its NQs: https://t.co/GtowzcKEcf
- Student ‘got a pupillage interview at Chancery set’ by legally analysing Shaggy rap on application form: https://t.co/6dckuKcUCC
- Meet 'Hewie' the social media savvy law firm dog: https://t.co/2uY4xvE4j2
- Guardian chief names law firms that threatened legal action over HSBC files: https://t.co/nz7TLKYqOQ
- BPTC student stands for local council in Grayling’s constituency: https://t.co/qVr7jgn0mn
- Review: Better Call Saul -- spinning off Breaking Bad: https://t.co/asOJTxbZxE
- 'I attached a picture of my snake instead of my certificates ... and I still got the job at Clyde & Co': https://t.co/fJTqa0Hr4a
- Linklaters latest magic circle firm to release newly-qualified retention rate – 91% stay on: https://t.co/IHezr4bLP6
- 5 out of 42 of Slaughter and May's qualifying trainees leave firm: https://t.co/fieaekgXLe
- Full letter: Lawyer for ‘Left Shark’ replica designer responds to Katy Perry's cease & desist threat: https://t.co/d1CVJqbCj4
- Freshfields to open Manchester office for 'repetitive legal work': https://t.co/PUT8RoNhhh
- Video: ghost poleaxes woman in law firm reception: https://t.co/bUvFHoUp7S
- Barrister's 'gagging for it' blog about rape goes viral for all the wrong reasons: https://t.co/gcGpwAhIRS
- Wannabe lawyer asks City law firms to 'tell me what makes your firm unique in one tweet’: https://t.co/LwAWdfpV0O
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Minter Ellison’s former China head joins Spring Law as COO | The Lawyer http://t.co/dPYsGuK9zq
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Spring retention results out at Berwin Leighton Paisner and Orrick | The Lawyer http://t.co/TjDAkwhiLc
- LAW FIRM NEWS: William Fry wins Irish government tender for restructuring of AIB | The Lawyer http://t.co/G5C0EhcMZp
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells posts 3.6 per cent rise in 2014 revenue to $1.78bn | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lwn9T2sRzC
- The complications that arise when obtaining a power of attorney | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/3CuUArDc4v
- Judges bemoan working conditions | Law Gazette http://t.co/M2FFx2vF9w
- Local authority to create new GC post | Law Gazette http://t.co/U3WLjANTku
- Met Police officer Robert Brown, the longest serving officer in UK retires after 47 years http://t.co/0Uhlt544uh
- Google's Vint Cerf warns of 'digital Dark Age' http://t.co/0mTDFKfDbJ
- ‘They gave no credit to his disability. They said: if he can kick a ball, he can kill a man’ http://t.co/cZbp8tF8qK
- Half of all British women murdered by men 'killed by partners' http://t.co/MVC4BczNBZ
- ‘Revenge porn’ criminalised: What is it and what are the consequences? http://t.co/dt7CVCQZtk
- 'Help me': Police appeal for victim of alleged sexual assault after Tube passengers intervene http://t.co/xXmRCMPoLm
- Driver is run over by own van as he tries to stop Oldham car theft http://t.co/eCmlv4ngWC
- Is this the end of fracking in Wales? Welsh Government moves to impose a 'moratorium' on all of the planning bids http://t.co/RmFnzeurAx
- HSBC whistleblower's email to HMRC uncovered http://t.co/izao5MQ0Ye
- Kenneth Noye, M25 road rage killer, to get parole hearing http://t.co/t0dUZnPOpi
- Phone-hacking: Trinity Mirror apologises to its victims http://t.co/fsLSK0uvO4
- Binge-drinking continues to fall in young adults http://t.co/iVhnnSrMoh
- Labour plans to extend bankers' bonus clawback to 10 years http://t.co/56ujTgo9x3
- Birmingham PE teacher Marcus Marcussen jailed of abuse http://t.co/8uQImqT6HY
- Weatherman Fred Talbot guilty of abusing teenage boys http://t.co/fwzzIqyyXK
- Samsung's listening TV is proof that tech has outpaced our rights http://t.co/PeLzJxvXAH
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Wilson Sonsini revenue jumps 12.3 per cent to $646m in year-end results | The Lawyer http://t.co/YavrVEP8Rb
- Supreme Court gives green light for appeal over QASA ratings scheme | The Lawyer http://t.co/w37Hl6AtHh
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Shepherd & Wedderburn's Stephen Gibb on post-Tods Murray optimism | The Lawyer http://t.co/8j7wBVDW1r
- Stand up for tax lawyers | Law Gazette http://t.co/sNEzPOprzs
- Royal assent for inducements ban and SARAH act | Law Gazette http://t.co/kWXZnZeIsg
- Supreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/qc7bTo8aDf
- Firm tells staff: take all the holiday you need | Law Gazette http://t.co/e4XgXZWIWN
- HSBC whistleblower's email to HMRC uncovered http://t.co/izao5MQ0Ye
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Police Scotland wants new child search powers http://t.co/ECEb4U82DW
- UK prisoner vote ban: 'can you put a value on the loss of this right?' http://t.co/q5ThOKhB4F
- Texas senator proposes bill to allow concealed weapons nationwide #US http://t.co/SxW0if5O4w
- Rachel Corrie's family loses wrongful death appeal in #Israel's supreme court http://t.co/ZvqkSusT1G
- CCTV 'fightcams' detect violence 'before it happens' http://t.co/LRVZ4BmPHl
- Police arrest woman after man, 80, killed at nursing home http://t.co/oIck1dVSOj
- Drunk or flirty rape victims often 'to blame', says survey http://t.co/B6dbSE7OXJ
- Rape consent trial led to landmark appeal http://t.co/GrsCVpltIX
- Girl took her life 'because of TV shoplifting expose' http://t.co/9dEgAB1CY3
- Murderer could be released at parole hearing http://t.co/AaaP3DTNNm
- SBR changes could cause “irreparable damage” to solicitor brand, City lawyers say | Legal Futures http://t.co/GA6Edkamfb
- Saga lampoons 'jargony' lawyers in first legal services TV adverts | Legal Futures http://t.co/JYQuyouMvt
- Law firm replaces annual leave entitlement with groundbreaking 'paid time-off' policy | Legal Futures http://t.co/Lw8vyrfmO1
- Are you a lawyer looking for love? Let's hope the SRA approves | Legal Futures http://t.co/kWJrOEkJtt
- High street first as multi-office firm takes £5m investment and targets legal aid growth | Legal Futures http://t.co/humS202rh2
- Fitbit says new wearable device can cause skin rash http://t.co/biXI5AKLUS
- Partying mums who left kids home alone sentenced for neglect http://t.co/qy8qe0YuKN
- Freed visa prisoner Mathew Davies who was in Indonesian prison arrives home http://t.co/Zdu5ch4lC3
- Thousands mourn Chapel Hill shooting victims #US http://t.co/2wW4CAInVU
- Suit seeks to exempt physicians from assisted suicide law https://t.co/QGihBXF30S
- Voting rights for UK prisoners https://t.co/qGhzc1t5z9
- HMRC: incoming UK VAT 'accounting' changes were needed following Skandia judgment, says expert https://t.co/2IdetaxbvH
- #MYANMAR president enacts law allowing referendum on disputed constitution https://t.co/N5809Ulvx3
- Case Alert: Overseas Worker Protected By UK Employment Law https://t.co/2xzXdy17aE
- Is London A Sunnier Clime For Litigation Finance? https://t.co/IGd8VgIMoa
- UK may follow U.S. lead if pursues HSBC over tax https://t.co/HXN22C9Mlz
- Newport based Convey Law marks 10th anniversary by signalling further expansion https://t.co/UztnSTMdXE
- Bury based firm Clough & Willis Expands Residential Property Department http://t.co/VUXi8i9yuy
- #FRANCE welcomes the election of Ronny Abraham as president of the International Court of Justice https://t.co/Ir3fUk3MYG
- Meet the woman who got a Supreme Court justice tattooed on her arm #US https://t.co/GDj6fZ7hb4
- One-day symposium to examine race and social justice in America, at University of Delaware #US https://t.co/6sDbjqgxLV
- Justice? Fairness? Who needs them when we've got Abbott and co? #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/JzfLw4dyz4
- Former legal PA Marcia Rigg’s fight for justice comes to Goldsmiths https://t.co/EoECXkis5O
- Lawyer pay soars while most other workers see salaries stagnate - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/SGNrSpTPgl
- Aussie firms plan expansion as economic prospects worsen | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pa56AR8VAQ
- A&O announces seven-year pick-up in global corporate loans | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N3os7MtREe
- RPC launches plan to create broad professional services firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/aSQ61qJOeG
- CC pushes up pay to £1.25m per head for management committee | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/H6v2TuITJT
- Integreon expands London global delivery centre | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Z26XYHZXoa
- Use of contract lawyers accelerates | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mOvXNT5ls7
- US lawyer pleads guilty to bank fraud | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dXQHfFn4Vm
- Five drivers caught speeding at over 140mph in 2014 http://t.co/AztoMB8oVQ
- Rapists guilty after Lincoln Crown Court judge overruled http://t.co/i5kfqdL7Dh
- Law to make reporting of FGM mandatory http://t.co/bmVZ9q0vlS
