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The Bar Council has produced general guidance on Internet issues. In brief, chambers’ and individual barristers’ websites should explain: (i) legal status of chambers; (ii) fact that services covered are provided by members of chambers as individuals; (iii) if any page accessed through the web includes any articles, case notes or other legal information, as opposed to merely business information such as is found in legal services directories, then it should include a disclaimer.
Linked websites—if websites are accessed through a link (eg from a solicitors’ website) care should be taken to ensure that liability to that site visitor is not created. Be aware of referral/introduction fee implications. The e-commerce regulations and the Data Protection Act 1998 also apply.
Guidance on email issues will also be relevant. See the complete guidance in The Bar Handbook 2008, ss 3.285—3.293.
Case Study Example
The old 187 Fleet Street website was like many chambers’ websites, ie uninspiring, out of date and difficult to find. It had a Google page rank of 1 (Google classification of importance of a site) so was not high in search engines. The absence of site statistics made meaningful data of the sites successes, and failures, difficult to obtain.
The new website, www.187fleetstreet.com, was designed and built by Fourleaf in July 2008. It is designed to provide user friendly access to both professional and lay clients alike. Since the launch:
Emma Gluckstein, Chambers Administrator, who commissioned the site, said: “One of the major advantages is the fact that the profiles of the members of Chambers can be changed instantly and very simply without (me having) any specialist IT knowledge.”
Guidance on email issues will also be relevant. See the complete guidance in The Bar Handbook 2008, ss 3.285—3.293.
Case Study Example
The old 187 Fleet Street website was like many chambers’ websites, ie uninspiring, out of date and difficult to find. It had a Google page rank of 1 (Google classification of importance of a site) so was not high in search engines. The absence of site statistics made meaningful data of the sites successes, and failures, difficult to obtain.
The new website, www.187fleetstreet.com, was designed and built by Fourleaf in July 2008. It is designed to provide user friendly access to both professional and lay clients alike. Since the launch:
Emma Gluckstein, Chambers Administrator, who commissioned the site, said: “One of the major advantages is the fact that the profiles of the members of Chambers can be changed instantly and very simply without (me having) any specialist IT knowledge.”
The Bar Council has produced general guidance on Internet issues. In brief, chambers’ and individual barristers’ websites should explain: (i) legal status of chambers; (ii) fact that services covered are provided by members of chambers as individuals; (iii) if any page accessed through the web includes any articles, case notes or other legal information, as opposed to merely business information such as is found in legal services directories, then it should include a disclaimer.
Linked websites—if websites are accessed through a link (eg from a solicitors’ website) care should be taken to ensure that liability to that site visitor is not created. Be aware of referral/introduction fee implications. The e-commerce regulations and the Data Protection Act 1998 also apply.
Update from the Chair of the Bar
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Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of cut-off levels, and the wider range of factors that must be considered when interpreting results for family court proceedings
A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
At least not that way, says Richard Paige
The case against judge-only justice – and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider – Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base
