Law students who want to take part in Berwin Leightons Boardroom Blitz business game, which is supported by The Lawyer, should get their entries in to meet the competitions closing date of 31 October by contacting their college or faculty Boardroom Blitz representative. The game was launched in The Lawyer on 16 September, and is open to teams of second year law undergraduates. Students have to assemble a team, assume control of a fictional company and run it as profitably as possible. The five most successful companies will be invited to a Grand Final at the recently-opened Globe Theatre in London.
Hoon offers hope on conditional fees
GEOFF Hoon, Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor_s Department (LCD), has indicated that the Government may give some ground on a key element of its reform package , the straight substitution of conditional fees for legal aid for most civil claims. In his first public response to criticism of the reforms, Hoon writes in The […]