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Pitch perfect? Why law firms lose margin before work even begins

17 October 2025

What has long struck me is how often the gap between projected and realised profit has very little to do with the client being ‘unprofitable’. More often, it’s about the process.


Residual client balances – where do law firms go wrong?

15 October 2025

Residual balance issues just don’t seem to go away. Despite years of guidance and multiple regulatory warnings, many firms still trip up on these sums of money.


AI adoption needs intentionality

13 October 2025

The profession needs to be smart about the way it integrates AI. While the big firms can put money, time and resources into it, smaller firms should be careful and intentional.


The rise of medical negligence claims: legal and systemic implications

9 October 2025

Medical negligence claims have become one of the most pressing challenges facing the healthcare and legal landscape, reshaping the way cases are funded, managed and resolved.


Navigating digital wealth: the challenges of cryptocurrency in divorce

7 October 2025

Cryptocurrency has become a recurring feature in high-net-worth divorce cases, yet the law is only just beginning to catch up, creating a complex environment for family lawyers.


AI in Microsoft 365 – the mid-market advantage

3 October 2025

AI adoption is far more likely when tools align with existing workflows. In law, this means the applications already used every day, particularly Microsoft Word and Outlook.


The government set to target IHT to plug the budget deficit gap

1 October 2025

The most obvious target for the government to raise money with the Budget is the inheritance tax regime, which will obviously impact your estate planning clients now and in the future.


Using AI in marketing – how to lead with transparency

29 September 2025

For many in-house legal marketing teams, using artificial intelligence tools may feel risky. But it can be a powerful asset when used with transparency.


Increasing fines speak to a need for proactive compliance

25 September 2025

Anti-money laundering is once again in the spotlight, with the FCA wanting to tackle what it perceives to be a failure among UK financial institutions to tackle money laundering.


The AI hype machine – The ‘A’ stands for ‘Artificial’

23 September 2025

While it can be tempting to view AI as an all-powerful solution, in reality, it is a tool; one that can save legal professionals time and enhance the way they work.

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The new metrics for success in conveyancing

While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.


The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing

Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.


Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills

When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.


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