Articles: May, 2009

How does the British public view the professions?

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One of the key questions posed at the outset of Spada’s White Paper, British Professions Today: the State of the Sector, is one of definition. What exactly do we mean when we refer to “the professions”? What kind of person do we have in mind when we talk about “a professional”? Are “professionals” susceptible to [...]

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Today sees the launch of Spada’s new White Paper, British Professions Today: The State of the Sector. It’s a timely one, too, not only because the British Parliament – an institution comprised entirely of professionals, of one kind or another – is presently undergoing an unprecedented bout of self-scrutiny, but also because, on a wider, [...]

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Interesting story, this, on the courtroom door settlement of Woody Allen’s claim for copyright infringement against the clothing magnate Dov Charney of American Apparel.
Would Allen have been able to object to the unauthorised use of his image in a billboard advertising campaign for American Apparel, had the same set of facts arisen in the UK? [...]

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We fear that the estimable scribes at RollOnFriday missed a trick in their coverage last week of the UK’s hardest lawyers.
ROF’s hall of fame mentions an alleged Hammonds Fight Club but stops short of The Real Fight Club, an organisation which hosts amateur boxing bouts among City types. Plenty of lawyers have stepped up to [...]

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