Comments on: An open and shut case http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/an-open-shut-case Market intelligence for law firms of the future Thu, 16 May 2013 12:15:39 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Salisbury Solicitor http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/an-open-shut-case/comment-page-1#comment-63491 Salisbury Solicitor Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:37:25 +0000 http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/?p=13688#comment-63491 Covering up reports is nothing new. Did you ever hear of, let alone read the “Review of Demand, Supply and Purchasing Arrangements – Survey of Legal Aid Firms 2003" commissioned by the Department for Constitutional affairs and carried out by Otterburn Legal Consulting. Didn't think so. I fortunately got hold of a copy because one of my mates was partner of one of the small number of firms participating in the review. It changed my thinking – from being a predominantly legal aid firm, we conducted a very slow and expensive process of dumping almost all our legal aid cases, replacing them with proper work. It was the best thing I ever did in business. Apart from my own copy, I have never seen mention of this report or talked to anyone who was familiar with it – apart from one well-known legal academic – who confirmed to me that it had apparently been published very quietly three or four years later. Covering up reports is nothing new. Did you ever hear of, let alone read the “Review of Demand, Supply and Purchasing Arrangements – Survey of Legal Aid Firms 2003″ commissioned by the Department for Constitutional affairs and carried out by Otterburn Legal Consulting. Didn’t think so. I fortunately got hold of a copy because one of my mates was partner of one of the small number of firms participating in the review. It changed my thinking – from being a predominantly legal aid firm, we conducted a very slow and expensive process of dumping almost all our legal aid cases, replacing them with proper work. It was the best thing I ever did in business.

Apart from my own copy, I have never seen mention of this report or talked to anyone who was familiar with it – apart from one well-known legal academic – who confirmed to me that it had apparently been published very quietly three or four years later.

]]> By: Ashley Balls http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/an-open-shut-case/comment-page-1#comment-61165 Ashley Balls Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:13:39 +0000 http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/?p=13688#comment-61165 Surely these guys know the meaning of 'transparency', perhaps not... Surely these guys know the meaning of ‘transparency’, perhaps not…

]]> By: Rob Hailstone http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/an-open-shut-case/comment-page-1#comment-61051 Rob Hailstone Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:14:30 +0000 http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/?p=13688#comment-61051 Well said Neil. Well said Neil.

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