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		<title>Demystifying the banking process – what your bank looks for in your firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recession and continuing economic challenges highlight the increasing importance of law firms having an effective business strategy in place that considers the ambitions of the firm but ensures that those ambitions are delivered against access to suitable levels of cash flow. By Legal Futures Associate NatWest ]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers told: don&#8217;t be put off social media by barrister fined over tweets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers were this week told not to be discouraged from embracing social media after a barrister who was among the legal pioneers on Twitter was fined for messages he posted on the service. However, the case does raise questions over the role of regulators in policing lawyers' activity on Twitter.]]></description>
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		<title>RJW deal shows firms have a realisable value &#8211; and are getting &#8220;real&#8221; about business, say experts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alternative business structures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slater &#038; Gordon’s takeover of Russell Jones &#038; Walker is evidence that law firms are “joining the real business world” and that there is realisable value in legal practices, leading consultants have said.]]></description>
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		<title>Government to consider tightening up referral fee ban and regulating third-party funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is to consider tightening up the ban on referral fees in personal injury and also introducing statutory regulation of third-party litigation funding, it confirmed yesterday. It also clarified whether payments can be made for solicitor-to-solicitor referrals under the ban.]]></description>
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		<title>New websites aid solicitors seeking barristers, and consumers seeking solicitors they can trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new service has been launched that allows solicitors to contact numerous sets of barristers chambers simultaneously to check what counsel are available for a case they are looking to cover. Meanwhile, another online service aimed at helping consumers find tradesmen is now targeting the legal market.]]></description>
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		<title>Fixed-share partners are partners and not employees, Court of Appeal confirms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former fixed-share partner at south-coast law firm Lester Aldridge has lost his appeal against a ruling that he was a partner and not an employee in the limited liability partnership and so unable to claim unfair dismissal.]]></description>
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		<title>To reserve or not to reserve? That might not be the question</title>
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		<comments>http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/to-reserve-or-not-to-reserve-that-might-not-be-the-question#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moves are afoot to examine whether will-writing, probate and estate administration should be re-classified as a reserved activity and brought within the sole preserve of the legal profession. The review is conducted amidst a background of concerns about the quality of advice being received by consumers, particularly by those outside of the ‘legal’ framework.]]></description>
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		<title>QualitySolicitors Keith Park implements Peppermint Portal</title>
		<link>http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/qualitysolicitors-keith-park-implements-peppermint-portal</link>
		<comments>http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/qualitysolicitors-keith-park-implements-peppermint-portal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-standing St Helens legal practice Quality Solicitors Keith Park has selected the Peppermint Portal to facilitate an improved service to its clients and referrer network.]]></description>
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		<title>SRA calls on government to provide more clarity over referral fee ban</title>
		<link>http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-calls-on-government-to-provide-more-clarity-on-referral-fee-ban</link>
		<comments>http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-calls-on-government-to-provide-more-clarity-on-referral-fee-ban#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government needs to provide further clarity and guidance on how the ban on referral fees will operate in practice, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned. Issues such as the definition of a referral fee need to be resolved.]]></description>
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		<title>News in brief: solicitors, accountants and IFAs join forces, &#8220;ABSs are future for conveyancing&#8221;, and more</title>
		<link>http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/news-in-brief-solicitors-accountants-and-ifas-join-forces-abss-are-the-future-in-conveyancing-and-more</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our latest news round-up takes in an innovative partnership to combine financial, taxation and legal advice, an update on ABS applications, the role for ABSs in the conveyancing market, growing fraud claims against solicitors, support for provisional assessment, and new blood at the OLC.]]></description>
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