Many have speculated that a culture centred on compensation claims has been nurtured in the UK in recent years – and the many adverts broadcast on television and radio promoting legal firms that specialise in compensation seem to attest to this. In the face of a steady flow of cases, seeking compensation for everything from […]
NHS trusts throughout England have experienced a number of burdensome setbacks in recent years. The country’s healthcare system is known for being widely understaffed and poorly organized from the top down, leading to a growing culture of litigation that shrouds patients in a dark cloud of confusion and frustration when care goes awry. The cost […]
Thanks to Prism Legal for pointing to an analysis that gives the lie to the assertion that complex legal documents cannot be “packaged” (if not “commoditised”). KIIAC are specialists who “create standard templates with clause alternatives for high quality, rapid document drafting”: As part of our work to create document templates automatically, quantify differences among […]
Published in P.S., the journal of Probate Section, March 2001 Parts of this article also appeared in previous Pages on the Web in the Solicitors Journal There are now well over 1,000 firms of solicitors in England and Wales with websites and an increasing number of other legal advice sites competing for your business. It […]
Published in P.S., the journal of Probate Section, October 2000 The websites of relevant associations usually provide a good jumping off point for practitioners. However, for the probate practitioner, at present these sites disappoint: the Probate Section site at www.probatesection.org.uk currently has little in the way of content and no useful links (let’s hope this […]