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For a sole practice, the SRA’s plan that I cannot hold a compliance role if my firm has more than £600,000 of turnover is not a measure of risk. It is a ceiling on growth.

For years, law firms have been told that SEO is the long-term alternative to paying for every click. That principle hasn’t disappeared but search results have changed significantly.

Upfront information means work traditionally undertaken after an offer is accepted will need to happen earlier. And that fundamentally changes the role of client onboarding.

A law firm can have excellent support on paper and still have a serious gap. The gap is the person who cannot imagine using it.

AI intensifies scrutiny of whether firms can demonstrate that they were in control of the systems through which legal services were delivered.

The Employers’ Liability Tracing Office is continuing work towards the launch of ELD NextGen, the next generation of the employers’ liability database, in early 2027.

Fifteen years ago this month saw the very first alternative business structure. At the time, the prospect of non-lawyers owning law firms was dubbed ‘Tesco Law’.

For legal finance teams, remote working has changed how information moves, how approvals are obtained and how colleagues communicate.

Suppose a law firm wants to review a client’s entire real estate portfolio for risk in the leases. Not long ago, that meant a multi-week project. Today, first-pass answer can arrive in minutes.

One of the most influential stages of the client journey – client onboarding – often receives less strategic attention than it deserves.