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Five reasons why you should use a solicitor for your legal work

August 7, 2010 by Tessa J Shepperson

Lots of people feel wary about using solicitors, considering them to be too expensive (and a bit pompous), so it is perhaps worth having a post on this blog giving the reasons why using a solicitor is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment Tagged With: solicitors

Housing law reform and legal aid

March 6, 2010 by Tessa J Shepperson

There have been a lot of announcements recently from the government about housing law reform, and what they intend to do in the private rented sector.   Whether any of these proposals will actually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: gov't criticism, Law Commission, law reform, legal aid, rant, solicitors

Can agents ever sign possession claims?

December 23, 2009 by Tessa J Shepperson

We all know, or those of us who do possession proceedings know, that only the landlord (the claimant) or his solicitor can sign the court paperwork for issuing a county court claim for possession.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: case law, letting agents, possession claims, solicitors

Becoming a lawyer

July 21, 2009 by Tessa J Shepperson

Like many people I suspect, I was concerned to read the recent BBC report about glass ceilings which, the report said, means that "top professions such as medicine and law are increasingly being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips and How to Tagged With: solicitors

The Law Bazaar

June 1, 2009 by Tessa J Shepperson

If you are looking for a lawyer, there is a new option available now. This is the Law Bazaar (reported by the Guardian here). Set up by solicitor Costas Andrea, fed up with the huge sums made by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment Tagged With: legal IT, solicitors

Susskind – the end of lawyers?

May 14, 2009 by Tessa J Shepperson

I have just listened to an interesting webcast of an interview of Richard Susskind here. Susskind is promoting his new book, The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the nature of legal services, having … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment Tagged With: legal IT, solicitors, Technology and IT

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