booksToday’s lawyer can only remain skilled in their practice area by knowing how best to master the mass of information available to them from the legal publishing world.

Although books still remain an integral part of a lawyer’s armoury, in a fast-moving modern world it is vital to go online for the most recent information. Mark Seaman, marketing director at the largest legal publisher, Butterworths, explains: “People tend to use books and the internet in combination; they do their initial research on the web as they can keep much more up-to-date with it.”