Last week, the business secretary Vince Cable announced that more reforms were planned to make it ‘easier for firms to hire staff while protecting basic labour rights’. Further details of the consultation are available HERE. This is the latest development in the coalition Government’s systematic review of employment law since it took office and follows the … Continue reading
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Of Legal Fees and Calories
Should law firms charge clients a service tip to help top up the income of law students and impoverished trainees? muses Kevin Poulter over his ice cream sundae I’m writing from America, where solicitors are attorneys, lawyers are litigators and murder is homicide. It is the capital of consumerism. It is also home to some … Continue reading