About Yardstick

Bell Yard's e-zine 'Yardstick' provides a quarterly snapshot of trends in the media's coverage of litigation in the UK market. As well as a regular monitor of what types of cases the media is focusing on, 'Yardstick' reviews specific cases that have been prominent in media terms and offers a few litigation PR hints and tips along the way. To subscribe please supply your details in the box on the right.

Autumn 2011 issue Autumn 2011 issue looks at lessons to be learned from recent IP wars, the campaign against motor accident victims’ data referral, and awards a gong and clanger respectively to The Law Society and the UK Government. In addition we update our regular review of litigation PR trends in the UK media. click for more

Summer 2011 issue reviews BAE's litigation and reputation woes, charts the difficulties in campaigning against HS2 despite valiant efforts and awards a gong and clanger respectively to Lloyds Bank and Sharon Shoesmith respectively. In addition we update our regular review of litigation PR trends in the UK media for Q2 2011. click for more

Spring 2011 issue looks at BP's latest brush with the legal system, laments the campaign that never was for Chris Jefferies and awards a gong and clanger to Miriam O'Reilly and Sir Fred Goodwin respectively. In addition we update our regular review of litigation PR trends in the UK media for Q1 2011. click for more

Winter 2010/11 issue features a look at the PR parallels of Tom Hicks and Guy Hands' recent court room battles, campaigning by UKuncut, awards for Asil Nadir and Longleat safari park, plus our regular monitor of litigation trends as reported in UK mainstream media. click for more

Autumn 2010 issue features the Imerman v Imerman Court of Appeal decision, campaigning by the Fawcett Society, awards for Stig and Goldmans plus updates from our regular monitor of trends in litigation-related media coverage. click for more

Summer 2010 issue features the Candy Brothers v Qatari Diar litigation, the European Arrest Warrant as well as updates from our regular monitor of trends in litigation-related media coverage. click for more

Spring 2010 issue features our monitor of trends in litigation-related media coverage, divorce cases and litigation PR tips and reviews the recent success of the anti-Heathrow runway campaign. click for more

Winter 2009/10 issue includes a review of the Tullett Prebon vs BCG staff poaching case and a note on Bell Yard's campaign to stop the extradition of Gary McKinnon. Plus there are snippets on UBS and Glenda Stone. click for more