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Getting On
11/01/2007
One of the many good things about the City of London Law Society is that we don’t try to tell our member firms what to do. Indeed it’s the converse. We spend our time asking them what they want us...Revolution at a gentlemanly pace
15/01/2007
Sitting at my desk, as the first Law Society President blogger, news reaches of me of another bold step into the future – that the Lord Chief Justice is to de-wig judges hearing civil cases in the High Court and...Not-so-friendly private equity
16/01/2007
Welcome to the first of my blogs, which will focus on corporate, M&A and private equity issues. Any thoughts on burning topics for future blogs would be gratefully received, but plenty of ideas are bubbling around, including:the Financial Services Authority report...Pioneer Collins shows appeal of City-savvy judiciary
22/01/2007
Bill Knight’s blog on life after partnership in a City firm (see entry) is timely. Just last week, Sir Lawrence Collins was appointed a Lord Justice in the Court of Appeal. Lawrence was, of course, a partner at Herbert Smith and...Transfer test at best a qualified success
22/01/2007
Over 20% of admitted solicitors each year qualify by taking the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT). Some are English barristers and Scottish solicitors just seeking to requalify as English solicitors, but a large percentage of those taking the test are...False economies of scale
25/01/2007
I’ve just returned from a marathon session – three 20-hour days – of market-opening in India! And I’m pleased to say we did make progress.It’s been fairly widely reported elsewhere and it goes to show how important it is to get...A new hat for ennobled Knapp?
26/01/2007
Will Vanessa Knapp buy a new hat?She will going to Buckingham Palace soon to receive her OBE for services to company law as the UK representative on the Company Law Committee of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies...
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