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Why we created the National Law Student Triathlon
If anyone is going to push our profession towards more modern ways of working, it is new people, with new ideas. But these people need a well-rounded legal education.
Presenting the dream team
I am acutely aware as a consultant to law firms, rather than someone who works within one, that there is still some reticence to fully embrace the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s transparency rules.
Supreme Court ruling throws litigation funding into disarray
Third-party litigation funding in the UK has been thrown into a state of uncertainty following the surprise decision of the UK Supreme Court that litigation funding agreements are DBAs.
Why law firm owners should embrace succession planning to maximise value
Succession planning is crucial for equity partners to ensure the smooth transition of their practice. But when there is a lack of interest from within the firm, partners must explore alternative strategies.
What’s in a name? Four issues when marketing mergers and acquisitions
Good branding is at the heart of any successful business. It’s not enough to simply have a great product or service if no one knows about it and it’s more important than ever to make yours stand out.
Paper to pixels: technological enhancement in advocacy
As a pandemic-produced law student graduating this summer, my cohort has perhaps undertaken the most technology-dependant law school experience thus far.
Data protection claims – the ATE underwriter’s perspective
As the amount of personal data stored and transferred electronically increases at an exponential rate, data breach claims are going to form an ever-increasing part of the media cases we insure.
CQS training deadline: Is your law firm still accredited?
It’s important for law firms to meet the mandatory training obligations, to ensure they’re prepared for the forecasted unsettled housing market and any sudden increase of transactions.
In the rush to digitise, let’s not leave people behind
Family law cases, with their many complexities and sensitivities, do not always fit within the highly streamlined nature of digital case proceedings.
Working with your financial planner to attract and retain clients
it is hard to disagree with the contention that a personal recommendation for a service is, without doubt, the best source of new clients; it will always be stronger than a testimonial on a website.
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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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