Archived articles 2004
Firms need to ensure access in all areas (Law Society Gazette - 17 September 2004)
Law firms are failing to make their Web sites accessible to disabled people – and risk litigation under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) as a result, leading Internet consultants and solicitors warned this week…to read more click here
Website Survey: Top of the class (Legal Week - 22 July 2004)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s web-site is a cut above the competition. In a significant coup for its marketing department, the magic circle giant was the clear overall winner in the first benchmarking survey of the UK’s top 20 law firms’ websites… to read more click here
Spinning your Web (Law Society Gazette - 10 June 2004)
Brochure, specialist, or selling legal services on-line - a law firm's potential client is bombarded by a myriad of options… to read more click here
Hardwicke leads the way in barristers’ website rankings (Legal Week - 13 May 2004)
Hardwicke voted best website among 100 leading Chambers; 48 Bedford Row props up table with worst…to read more click here
Collyer-Bristow outshines rivals with Web site content (Law Society Gazette - 7 May 2004)
The design of mid-sized law firms' Web sites continues to outstrip their content and usability, according to a survey of 100 law firms, which awarded the prize for the best site to London firm Collyer-Bristow for the second year running… to read more click here
'Latest Solicitors' Web Sites Survey' (Society for Computers & Law – May 2004)
The latest report from Intendance, who have conducted a series of surveys of law firm sites, identifies the best solicitor Web sites and gives recommendations to the many firms who still have no, or a sub-standard, Web presence. One of the main findings of the survey is that there is no link between the size of a firm, and the quality of its Web site… to read more click here
Web sites - are the Bar overtaking law firms? (Legal Technology Insider – 22 April 2004)
Are barristers chambers making better use of the web than solicitors? According to a new report Barristers Websites 2004 - who is winning and why? published this month by the web consultancy Intendance, there is a far higher take up rate of web sites among barristers chambers than by law firms… to read more click here
Barristers outshine law firms with on-line services (Law Society Gazette - 22 April 2004)
Barristers outshine law firms with on-line services Barristers' chambers are ahead of law firms when it comes to setting up Web sites, research revealed last week… to read more click here
Effective communications: getting it right with a website (Barrister – 06 April 2004)
Not so many years ago - but arguably an age in Internet terms - many businesses viewed a website principally as a necessary fashion accessory. A piece of technology that most wished to acquire, yet one which few knew how to capitalise. In some cases substantial sums of money were committed to establish an online presence, without a coherent website strategy… to read more click here