On the BBC programme Dragons' Den, entrepreneurs are frequently found wanting by Messrs Paphitis et al for an inability to correctly value their businesses.

This scenario struck me as relevant when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne announced plans to introduce a new employment scheme in which workers could...

The historical significance of standardisation cannot be underestimated; everything from the sizes of nuts and bolts to the width of railway tracks.

Interoperability injected life into the industrial revolution and made the world what it is today.

However, law firms providing professional services to consumers and businesses have always instinctively...

As managing partner of a law firm you would expect me to say that the concept of do it yourself law is as absurd as that of DIY heart surgery. Nevertheless, we are increasingly seeing litigants in person attempting to navigate the justice system's labyrinthine corridors.

Following cutbacks to the...

Last week's announcement by the Co-operative that it is looking to add 3,000 staff to its 475-strong legal services arm over the next five years shows just how fierce competition is going to get in the legal market.

Of course time will tell whether the Co-op achieves its...

This Saturday 28th April 2012, a day of action will take place up and down the country in response to government plans to reduce the health and safety 'burden'.

Organised by the Trades Union Congress, Workers' Memorial Day has two principal goals; to emphasise the importance of protecting the rights...

As citizens of the UK, we are regularly reminded of how fortunate we are to be afforded the freedoms and protections granted by the rule of law.

Lawyers at my firm regularly act on behalf of working people whose rights under those laws may have been breached and while it...

You may have heard marketing spiel from insurers recently pointing out that when an uninsured driver hits your car, "don't worry; you'll be fully covered with us."

In truth there is little justification for making this appear a unique selling point; insurers fund an organisation called the Motor Insurers' Bureau...

I'm often surprised and humbled at the bravery of injured people who come to my firm for advice. For countless reasons, these individuals have had their lives turned completely upside down; they may be unable to work and support their families, an accident could have paralysed their child so that...

As we approach potentially the largest general strike in decades on 30 November, those who support unionised workers will face off against a government so myopic in pursuit of deficit reduction that it has lost sight of its obligations.

Right now, the country's leadership wishes to reduce capital expenditure and...

In the 1987 film The Secret of My Success, Michael J Fox's character endures a string of knockbacks at interview so by the end of a gruelling day and feeling increasingly desperate he begs: "I can be anything, just give me a chance..."

"Can you be a minority woman?" the...

In the 1987 film The Secret of My Success, Michael J Fox's character endures a string of knockbacks at interview so by the end of a gruelling day and feeling increasingly desperate he begs: 'I can be anything, just give me a chance...' 'Can you be a minority...

Corporate and social responsibility has a tendency to generate rhetoric that swings between the opposing extremes of cynicism and evangelism.

Having read Margaret Heffernan's recent piece on how the pendulum should swing away from CSR policies in favour of businesses meeting their tax liabilities, I'm mindful of...