AA to run-off AA Law, its Alternative Business Structure run by Lyons Davidson January 20, 2016 AA has effectively placed its Alternative Business Structure (ABS) venture, AA Law, into run-off, City A.M. can confirm. The breakdown cover provider has decided that the number of customers using AA Law, which was originally set up as a joint venture with solicitors firm Lyons Davidson, does not justify running it as a standalone business. While Lyons [...]
LV= steps into legal market with law firm Lyons Davidson partnership to provide a selection of legal services January 4, 2016 Insurance company LV= today announced it is entering the legal market, working with a law firm to provide a range of legal advice services. By partnering with solicitors firm Lyons Davidson, LV= Legal Services will be able to provide advice on matters including wills, conveyancing and employment law. “Most of us need expert legal help [...]
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill will put legal professional privilege at risk, warns Law Society December 22, 2015 The Law Society today warned that the draft Investigatory Powers Bill could put an end to legal professional privilege as we know it. The Society, which responded to the draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee consultation today, has called for the new legislation to include explicit protection for those who want to receive confidential advice from their [...]
Law firm fee income inches up for the first six months of the 2016 financial year December 22, 2015 Fee income for the UK's top 100 law firms has crept up in the six months to the 31 October 2015, increasing by 4.5 per cent compared to the same period the year before. According to Deloitte's most recent quarterly legal sector survey, which was released today, fee income also grew 4.7 per cent in the last quarter compared [...]
Technology in the legal sector: How IT can help lawyers provide gold-plated service at bronze level prices December 17, 2015 Some industries have kept pace with the constantly-evolving world of technology. The legal industry, arguably, has not. This is not because the legal sector has not seen value in technology investments – the root of under-investment in IT stems from the global financial crisis, when law firms’ bottom lines were squeezed. Seven years on, times [...]
EU data protection law: Professional services firms warn that businesses will need to work hard to adapt to legal changes, which carry potential pricey fines December 16, 2015 Professional services firms have warned that businesses might struggle to adapt to recently agreed upon changes to EU data protection laws, which include fines of up to four per cent of annual global turnover for a breach. Late yesterday evening, European Parliament and Council of the European Union negotiators agreed on a data protection package, designed [...]
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Met chief denies he is to be sacked September 5, 2008 Sir Ian Blair denied rumours he will be axed as Metropolitan Police chief in a statement given yesterday outside Scotland Yard’s headquarters. Newspaper reports said ministers and other police chiefs were secretly planning to remove Blair, who has been dogged by controversy since taking over as chief in February 2005. The first action would be [...]
Age law takes centre stage September 3, 2008 Hiring and firing are key area for age discrimination cases, says Jeremy Hazlehurst Earlier this week, the television presenter Selina Scott filed a claim for age discrimination against Channel Five. Scott, who is 57, said that she had been signed up to read the news while Natasha Kaplinski is off on maternity leave, but is [...]