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To transparency and beyond!

15 February 2023

Increasingly, consumers in need of legal advice or a service will begin their research online, so a solicitor’s website must embrace not only the reasoning behind transparency but also go much further.


ChatGPT: Time to fear the threat from artificial intelligence?

13 February 2023

Lawyers have never felt threatened by the emergence of industrial robots or the internet. An AI tool which can generate decent answers to complicated questions in a matter of seconds makes the fear real.


Six operational strategies for a successful 2023

9 February 2023

The effectiveness of your law firm relies almost entirely on the daily habits of your team. These either help them to run a successful firm aligned with their goals, or damage performance.

Chris Pucci, CEO of Osprey Approach, says that building better business habits “helps you to establish a foundation of seamless and effective processes designed for maximum output.


Reflections on the SQE one year on

6 February 2023

There are some emerging themes across our student body that may help future students at any provider have the best chance of passing the SQE.


Running a tech incubator – the Allen & Overy experience

3 February 2023

Uncertainty can be tricky for us lawyers, but if I’ve learned anything these past six and a half years, it’s that an endeavour like Fuse doesn’t pay off unless you’re willing to take some calculated risks.


Where next for the regulation of NFTs?

1 February 2023

The crypto market experienced a wave of turbulence towards the end of last year. But the interest in the technology underlying non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain protocols remains strong.


An end to the M&A boom?

30 January 2023

Last year saw a steady stream of law firm mergers and acquisitions but, in 2023, with economic storm clouds gathering, the M&A landscape is likely to change considerably.


What may Zahawi’s lawyers have got wrong?

26 January 2023

Many have written on Dan Neidle’s allegations about Nadim Zahawi, but the finer points about what he thinks the lawyers have got wrong have not been clearly identified.


The importance of L&D for your (invaluable) legal accounts department

24 January 2023

Legal cashiers are hard to come by, and within a highly regulated industry, how do you keep them feeling motivated and valued in your firm?


Flawed costs reforms must be fixed before next roll-out

20 January 2023

The announcement that extending fixed recoverable costs was delayed to October 2023 was perhaps the government’s most sensible decision for a long time – in the context of costs reforms, at least.

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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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