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Post pandemic, the legal consultancy firms themselves, my own included, need to up their game by pivoting to a ‘consultancy-plus’ offering (and mindset).

Every result on the SQE matters. Yet one recent result caught my eye – a candidate who scored a respectable if unspectacular 50%. The candidate was ChatGPT, the AI chatbot.

At the end of March, the government announced that its total tax receipts for the nine months to February 2023 were £722bn, £66bn higher than in the same period 12 months earlier.

Why is upfront data back on the agenda now, and what will we need to change to make it more successful than home information packs?

New research has revealed that SME law firms could save £336m each year and cut carbon emissions by digitising paperwork. But it requires careful consideration and planning.

Everyone involved in personal injury litigation will agree that training is a very important issue. The real question is whether they actually believe that and, if they do, how they implement such training.

In truth there remains a considerable way to go before the whole profession recognises that inherent in providing legal services is delivering a service.

On one hand, you hold your law firm’s needs. On the other, client expectations. In the balance lies your firm’s financial performance – your chief responsibility as a finance officer.  

Nothing sets the rule-of-law pulse of some lawyers racing like a rich man with a dubious cause of action. What they are arguing for is the rights of the bad lads to be represented by them.

Working with so many law firms, I’m often asked whether the Council for Licensed Conveyancers or Solicitors Regulation Authority is better for conveyancers.