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11 August 2011
Issue: 7478 / Categories: Legal News
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Joseph Frasier Solicitors is set to become the first law firm in the UK to provide a dedicated service for deaf and hard of hearing (HOH) people

It has partnered up with national charities, organisations and other legal firms to offer legal services tailored for clients with hearing difficulties, and will launch a website next week that uses video-sharing site SignTube, which helps deaf people communicate. Its fee earners will learn sign language and the firm will use technology such as webcams, text relay, MSN, text, Skype and Twitter to communicate with clients.
 

Issue: 7478 / Categories: Legal News
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NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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