GC2B: Creating the perfect business karma for success
How can you reshape an in-house team in the image you want it to be? This was just one of the issues up for debate at The Lawyer’s latest roundtable with BCLP.
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2018 was a landmark year for tech trailblazers, so what next?
Experts from across the market give their view on the past 12 months and offer predictions for 2019.
Have we forgotten how to listen?
We shout a lot these days and we seem to have forgotten how to listen. Even if we are listening it is, more often than at any time in the history of mankind, within our own bubble as we plug in the earphones and pull up the audio drawbridge. There’s a lot of shouting on […]
Legal tech in 2019: prepare for the leap to ‘Level 4’
2019 will be the year when legal tech becomes smart, and when analytics opens doors to unexplored territories
In a galaxy not so far, far away… alternative legal services providers are advancing
A legal universe where New Law has come of age may be closer than you think
New Year, New Law, same old Old Law
As early as you like in 2019, here comes the consolidation in New Law.
2018 was dominated by #MeToo: it’s unedifying to see seven City firms trying to pretend it never happened
While Deloitte has been praised for its open approach on how it dealt with inappropriate behaviour, the biggest City law firms are trying to close down the discussion.
Want some easy pickings in UK law? Insurance firms are juicy targets
Spare a thought for EC3. Clyde & Co and Kennedys may have expanded overseas, but you can’t buccaneer your way to domestic growth. One of the biggest questions facing insurance firms is how they can increase their share of a static market where panel reviews can determine major revenue streams. Virtually every senior figure predicts […]
The long read: Clydes has enjoyed a charmed decade of global expansion, but the UK may present unexpected headaches
Clyde & Co’s recent international growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. Now it is turning its attention back to the UK
Access to justice: how tech is putting justice within reach
As austerity cuts and reforms continue to take chunks out of legal funding, ever-advancing technology provides the opportunity to plug the shortfalls
The long read: Litigation in a modernising China
China’s litigation climate is now more attractive to clients due to greater independence and transparency. It’s creating a raft of opportunities for overseas law firms
How Kirkland became Big Law’s brightest star
Using Global 200 data, The Lawyer reveals which law firms have failed to keep pace with the global market, and what this group’s performance since 2008 can tell us about the future for the world’s top law firms
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The legal tech revolution is here and these are the firms ahead of the curve
Firms are targeting an emerging breed of professional able to span the gap between technology and the practice of law
The top 10 hires of 2018 (and why they matter)
2018 was another year of big-name moves, with US firms showing no signs of winding down their ambitions to grow in the City
European firms in London: Brexit doesn’t mean exit
New rules for European lawyers in the UK might add some red tape. Nevertheless, firms see Brexit as an opportunity, not a hurdle
Why Ocado, John Lewis and Schroders turned to legal ops for help
Legal operations managers from top UK companies explain what they do and how they are transforming their businesses
Tech Pioneers: How data mining can deliver a rich seam of work
Think your archive is just old paperwork left to gather dust? Think again. Scientists can turn it into treasure
Video: Implementing legal technology – the good, the bad and the ugly
How can legal tech drive efficiency? A panel of in-house experts discussed the issue at The Lawyer’s In-House Counsel as Business Partner event.
Macfarlanes and Slaughters: a test of M&A succession planning
There’s a shift occurring in the corporate teams of the UK’s most prominent public M&A shops. And for once, it’s got nothing to do with the US firms. Slaughter and May is to lose its golden boys of M&A – William Underhill and Nigel Boardman – at the end of this financial year, while it […]
Profit on transfer of shares acquired under stock option plan taxable as ‘Capital Gain’ Not ‘Salary’
The Chennai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) in a recent ruling in Dr. Muthian Sivathanu v Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax [ITA No. 553/2018] held that proceeds received on sale of shares acquired pursuant to exercise of an employee stock option (Option) will be taxable as capital gains and not as salary. Further, […]
Limitation under section 34(3) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 will prevail over section 17 of the Limitation Act 1963: Supreme Court
A division bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (the Court), consisting of Mr. Justice N V Ramana and Ms. Justice S Abdul Nazeer in the case of P Radha Bai v P Ashok Kumar (Civil Appeal no 7710-7713 of 2013), has reiterated the strict interpretation of limitation prescribed under Section 34(3) of the […]
FCA opens notifications for temporary permissions regime in case of no-deal Brexit
By François Pfister, Anne-Gaëlle Delabye In order to ensure that investment funds that are currently marketed in the United Kingdom under the European Economic Area (EEA) passporting regime continue to be able to do so in the event of there being no implementation period based on the withdrawal agreement after 29 March (no-deal Brexit), the […]
Court of Appeal puts the record straight: A new test for rectification of trusts in Jersey
In B and C v Virtue Trustees (Switzerland) AG and Ors re The C Trust [2018]JCA219the Court of Appeal considered the rectification of the terms of a Jersey law declaration of trust known as the C Trust (the Trust). This was the first occasion that the Court of Appeal had considered the rectification of trusts in […]
Changes in the procedure for admission of foreign medical devices and medicines to public procurement in Russia
On 1 January 2019, amendments to the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 102 of 05.02.2015 that provides for restrictions and conditions for the admission of certain types of medical devices originating from foreign countries for the purpose of procurement for state and municipal needs (“Resolution No. 102”). And the Resolution of […]
The role of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
By Jocelyn S Paulley, David E Brennan The UK’s brand new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has officially launched, implementing part of the Sector Deal for AI and Data in the government’s Industrial Strategy. The Centre will advise the government on how the UK can maximise the benefits of data-enabled technologies, including artificial intelligence.
Ontario employers: Time to update your ESA poster
By Craig J. Stehr, André Poulin-Denis The Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) requires that employers in Ontario display a poster published by the Ministry of Labour. The poster provides information about employee rights and obligations under the ESA and its regulations, and is periodically updated. Recently, the Ministry published a new eighth version of the poster, which is available […]
‘Strexit’ – dealing with workplace stress, depression and anxiety
By Sinead Kelly Ever had to deal with a toxic work environment? Being undermined? A lack of support? Working to tight deadlines under pressure? One can only assume this would resonate quite strongly with Theresa May at present. In a wider context however, these issues are of course all factors which can lead to workplace stress.
Tax tribunal allows shareholder’s claim for ‘capital loss’ in capital reduction
The Bangalore bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) in a recent case of M/s Jupiter Capital Pvt. Ltd. v The Assistant commissioner of Income Tax (ITAT order dated 29 November 2018) has allowed the claim for capital loss on account of reduction in share capital of the company (Ruling). The Tribunal held that […]
All aboard the bond wagon: SEBI board meeting decisions
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its meeting held on 18 August 2018, besides reviewing the total expense ratio of the mutual fund schemes and agreeing to introduce united payment interface with ASBA facility for public issues, has also paved the way for further stimulating the bond market by removing the requirement […]
Brexit: What happens next?
By Trudy Feaster-Gee, Sue Harris Now that the House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected the government’s Brexit deal, we take a look at what happens next and what it means for businesses. On Tuesday 15 January 2019, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to reject the Brexit deal negotiated between the government and the European Union. A […]
Implying ‘Braganza’ duties into mortgage contracts
By Christina Gill A recent High Court case has shed some light on the extent to which the courts may imply additional duties into mortgage agreements requiring lenders to make decisions by way of processes that would be “lawful and rational in the public law sense”. Banking Litigation specialist Christina Gill explains UBS AG v Rose Capital […]