Articles

Note that all articles listed below have been converted from static pages to dated posts and are available via the Articles category in the sidebar. Posts are in the process of being back-dated to their original month of publication. The links below have been removed but correct new links will be restored as soon as possible.

Recent articles

Most recent articles have also been published in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers (INL) which I co-edit and publish with Delia Venables.

  • The future of lawyers (INL January 2009)
  • Law publishing at the crossroads (Solicitors Journal Nov 2008, INL January 2009)
  • The law publishers and Web 2.0 (INL July 2008)
  • Towards Gov 2.0 (INL May 2008)
  • Quick and easy custom search with Google (INL May 2008)
  • A wake-up call to lawyers (INL March 2008)
  • What makes a good blawg? (Legal Executive Journal, April 2008)
  • Web 2.0 for lawyers (INL November 2007)
  • The law wiki dream (2) (September 2007)
  • Effective blogging (for lawyers) (Axxia Newsletter September 2007)
  • Joining the conversation (Axxia Newsletter July 2007)
  • Does IT matter? (INL May 2007)
  • The Statute Law Database - an update (INL May 2007)
  • The law wiki dream (INL March 2007)
  • Developments in legal information (INL January 2007)
  • Community, democracy and the future of law publishing (INL November 2006)
  • The Statute Law Database - finally a reality (INL September 2006)
  • Syndication, syndication, syndication (INL July 2006)
  • Is blogging good for business? (INL May 2006)
  • Search engine optimisation (INL March 2006)
  • Servicing the corporate client (INL January 2006)
  • The return of browser wars (INL January 2005)
  • Five Years of Free Law - the BAILII celebration (Computers and Law, December 2004)
  • RSS: How to pull the news that matters (INL May 2004)
  • Forms on the Web (INL March 2003)

e-Books

With Delia Venables I produce and publish a series of Legal Web ebooks with CPD. Two new titles are published each year.

Pages on the web

From December 1995 to February 2002 I had a long spell as the web columnist for the Solicitors Journal, my “Page on the Web” appearing monthly. As you can see, my final fling - an A to Z of the legal web, was cut short when they ditched the column. During that period I wrote a few articles for other journals. Most of these earlier articles are currently on the infolaw site but will be transferred to this site in due course.

Researching the Legal Web

By late 1996 the legal world had twigged on to the web and I wrote and edited, with Delia Venables, and typeset Researching the Legal Web: a guide to legal resources on the internet (paperback, published by Butterworths May 1997, 200pp). The second edition published by Butterworths November 1999, 228pp, £45.

1995 and 1996 - the nascent legal web

I did not retain some of my oldest articles in electronic form. Having now scanned them in, I have reformatted a few. More are in preparation.

  • Law Publishing without Boundaries (December 1996)
  • The future of law publishing (SJ September 1996)
  • How to spend £100 this Christmas (SJ December 1995)
  • Because it’s there (getting wired) (SJ October 1995)
  • Nothing but the truth - shattering a few internet myths (June 1995)
  • 1995 - Year 1 for Electronic Publishing (May 1995)