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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Thinking outside the box

13 March 2023

Neurodiverse minds often have skills that are sometimes lacking in businesses due to them recruiting from a traditional mould that fit existing business structures and employee profiles.


Do you need to adapt your pricing models to safeguard profitability?

10 March 2023

Clients’ interest in alternative fee arrangements has become more of the rule and less of the exception. Last year, BigHand reported that client demand had increased 27% since 2019.


We can have the power

8 March 2023

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It also provides an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties women still face in achieving gender parity.


Mixed claims: Progress but now time to sort out the rest of the problems

6 March 2023

Opinion remains mixed – aptly enough – over the recent ruling from the Court of Appeal on how mixed injury claims should be valued in the Official Injury Claim portal.


Short lived – how to encourage litigants into the new trial schemes

3 March 2023

The shorter trial scheme and flexible trial scheme became permanent under PD 57AB on 1 October 2018. Since then, take-up has been limited, despite their practical advantages


Boiling frog syndrome and law firm management

1 March 2023

The cost of living is affecting each and every one of us. Do you know who in your firm is under pressure at home? Do you know those in your firm who are struggling with finances?


Carrot or stick? The future for AML supervision of the legal sector

27 February 2023

The events of the last year have resulted an unprecedented focus on the role of the legal sector in enhancing the UK’s reputation as a haven for dirty money.


PII renewal: Is the tide turning?

24 February 2023

April continues to be a popular choice of renewal date for both law firms and insurers alike, and remains the second most common date for a law firm to renew their professional indemnity insurance.


Why 2023 is a great time to start a law firm

20 February 2023

Over the past few years, many legal practitioners have been weighing up their options, making initial enquiries and starting to consider what running their own practice might look like.


Divorce work in 2023 – from fluctuating assets to open justice

17 February 2023

The seismic events of 2022 have presented the divorce industry with unprecedented challenges, and 2023 seems set to deliver more of the same.

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From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life

In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.


Linklaters’ chief growth officer takes the ‘blank sheet’ challenge

In the third and final part of this series, Lucy Murphy, chief growth officer at magic circle firm Linklaters, outlines her vision for the law firm of the future.


The ‘blank sheet’ challenge, part 2 – what would you do differently?

In the second part of this blog series, Shainul Kassam, managing director of small London firm Fortune Law, sets out how she would set up a law firm now.


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