associate news

PwC’s 2013 Annual Law Firm Survey has revealed that whilst profit margins for the top 10 firms have increased by an average of about 2 percentage points over the last year, the vast majority of firms who fall into groups outside of the top 10, are struggling with declining profit margins. Around a third of these firms report net profit margins of less than 20%.

We all know that whilst October heralded the publication of this year’s legal guides, our work on the next publications is only just beginning. Indeed we share a striking resemblance to the painters of the Forth Bridge with regard to our never-ending workload.

The UK’s leading telephone answering and outsourced switchboard service expects an increase of 15-20 per cent in calls on the two Fridays before Christmas as the staff party season gets back into full swing after the ‘Scrooge’ years of the recession. Will everyone be on their best behaviour?

Personal Injury heavyweight enjoys post-Proclaim growth explosion

Stephen Murray, Business Development Director at PSG, talks us through the news and events that have impacted on our sector throughout the year.

LexisOne the official name for Project Nimbus

Advanced’s ‘game changing’ practice management system to improve law firm’s quality of service and profitability.

Getting caught up in fraudulent activity is a real risk for law firms, just look at the regular Scam Alerts that are issued by the SRA to see how this is happening; in many cases criminals have hijacked the identities of legitimate law firms and solicitors to further their activities.

It’s a phrase we have almost certainly all used – lawyers or not – “have you got that in writing?” And while lawyers may stake a claim for teaching members of the public to be more savvy when settling a dispute or a complaint, we still see examples of firms suffering after falling to follow their own golden rule.

Leading legal expenses insurer, DAS has appointed Dr Thomas Jannakos as their Chief Finance Officer and board director. He takes over from the recently retired CFO Paul Gibson.