http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:32:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   As an experiment, we recently had our Contested Probate Website - Contesting A Will  re-designed because the quality of the leads we were getting from our site, whilst prolific, left quite a lot to be desired. Indeed, the old website was flatteringly described by one of our probate team as 'tacky'. There ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/contesting-a-will-web-site-design-rules-ok Re-possession of residential property has just got a whole lot faster with our new, fixed fee Accelerated Possession service. Thats it. You blinked? You missed it. http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/accelerated-possession-you-blinked The Law is an App. At least, trade mark law now is... Three days ago, we launched our first mobile application for iPhone and Blackberry:  NameSearch TM Legal. If you are reading this on an iPhone or BB, you can download the App free from the above link. You can also read the review ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/its-an-app-app-appy-day Yesterday, I was taken by the notion that I should acknowledge my 9000th Twitter follower with a blog-post, whoever he or she ...or it ...may be. Serendipitous? Risky? ....Well, yes. After all, it may be a nutter or a liberal, a poker or golf freak or indeed a twitterbot. In all ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/synchronicity-plum-pudding-and-the-twitterverse    HR Expert, David Thompson, has joined Silverman Sherliker to head up Silverman Sherliker Specialist HR Services, a dedicated HR Specialist service The service will provide front-line HR advice and resources to complement the legal services offered by the firm’s extremely busy employment team.     Innovative Client Benefit Senior Employment Partner, Nicholas Lakeland, explains how this innovative ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/silverman-sherliker-hr-services-launched   A question for you: "Would you sell your right to vote for £750?' No? I thought not. Nor would I. Nor, I suspect would the thousands of British voters who, on Thursday night, had the doors to the Polling Stations slammed in their faces up and down the country, after using best efforts, for ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/new-blog-postwould-you-sell-your-vote-for-750 Volcano alert! All hands to the pump! etc, etc ...…but can travel businesses suddenly ask their staff to work around the clock to cope with the huge upsurge in business? As the ash clouds from the Icelandic volcano slowly disperse, the rail, road and sea ferry industries have been working at full steam ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/volcano-problems-and-employment-law Last week, the staff at Blackminster School, Evesham contrived to stage an impromptu hoax killing in a playground full of 10 to 13 year olds. For some unfathomable reason they thought it would be a formative experience for them. Without any warning, the poor lambs were obliged to witness a hooded figure run ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/is-mock-murder-in-school-legal-quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes The unmistakeable voice of Charon QC, the Lord of Misrule, announces his return in a sizzling Blawg Review 2010 Opener (nay, his 5th)...a veritable oeuvre of seamless wisdom..and 8 Chapters long!    Where does this man get his energy? ........Smokedo? Surely, not. We get the kindest mention in Chapter 5 for our own ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/epic-blawg-review-245-charon-qc-the-lord-of-misrule-speaks-out Welcome to the Blawg Review #243 from a sunny, snow-covered London. Fighting Back: A Festive Meditation for Lawyers The Physical Unverse tends towards chaos and dissolution ...the Moral Universe towards injustice and despair ....the Legal Universe, for surely such a dimension does exist, towards obfuscation, misdirection and delay. But there is a contrary principle. ...the ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/blawgreview-242 Adrian Dayton’s timely book on Twitter for the Legal Profession:   Social Media for Lawyers: Twitter Edition  is a ‘must-read’ for all law  firms. Indeed, it should be studied avidly, not only by lawyers, but also by any professional service firm that wants to grow its business fast using Web 2.0 techniques. As ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/adriandaytonsocialmediatwitter Picture the Scene Our defendant clients had been involved in long-running proceedings involving complex copyright issues.  There were 10 parties involved in the proceedings some with cross claims against each other. The legal issues were numerous and complex and the contentions that would have to be determined in court included: Who was ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/copyrightmediation As I was dancing an idle fly across my corruscating Twitterstream a few days ago, I hooked a tweet from @idealawg on mindfulness for lawyers. It struck a chord. I RT'd it immediately with a deft roll-cast, thus: The University of Miami Law School is teaching law students the art of mindfulness for ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/developing-ninja-lawyer-skills Not anymore. Yesterday, Sir Michael Burton made a ground-breaking ruling in the UK Employment Tribunal that the claimant’s “green beliefs” deserved as much protection in the workplace as that accorded to religious views.  But when does a belief become ‘a philosophical belief’ of the kind that may give rise to a ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/green-beliefs-you-are-fired The Labour Government promised that the Licensing Act 2003 would foster a 'continental-style' cafe culture and bring an end to binge drinking. Has it actually worked? Er......not yet! Police chiefs think that the changes have simply moved alcohol-related disorder into the early hours of the morning and have increased or, at least, failed ... http://www.silvermansherlikerblog.com/the-politics-of-binge-drinking