Immigration and asylum debate
The New Statesman covers in depth the routes taken by migrants and asylum seekers in the UK. It cites our assertion that the Nationality and Borders Act may be “incompatible with international law.”
In related news, the Evening Standard reports plans announced by the home secretary will make it harder for migrants convicted of serious offences to claim to be victims of modern slavery.
New era for law firm fee arrangements?
The Gazette and Legal IT Insider cover a range of reports looking into the evolution of law firm fee structures.
Stephen Denyer, director of strategic relationships at the Law Society, said: “You can’t just conjure up prices off the top of your head - there’s got to be some real science where you can demonstrate to your managing partner or finance director how you’ve calculated the fee.
Alternative billing arrangements do not suit all work, he added. “If you’re a big firm doing debt capital market transactions, you’re probably doing thousands of those and so you’ve got a very good idea of what your fixed charge ought to be. On the other hand, if you’ve got a major, multi-party M&A transaction or a structuring or a bit of litigation that could go in lots of different directions, you’ve got no realistic way of knowing what elements there are going to be and therefore what you ought to charge for them.”
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