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Removing the ‘A’ from ALSPs
Given the economic issues with the old staff-up or send-out approach, in-house legal leaders operating in a new cost-controlled environment must find alternative solutions.
Rhyme or reason: the blocking of ABSs in California
In September, the Californian State Legislature blocked alternative business structures, retaining the prohibition of non-lawyers ownership of law firms in America’s largest state.
Is your law firm safe from shadow IT?
When staff in organisations start using online services independently without following their in-house IT team’s approval process, those online services become ‘shadow IT’.
Four ways conveyancing firms can overcome their biggest challenges
Despite the property market going through a significant period of development, with a healthy stream of innovation, the process of moving home is mired by reports of slow and difficult transactions.
This is not a drill – it really is time to embrace the transparency rules
We are close to four years on from the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s introduction of rules on transparency and it has announced it will be checking all firms’ websites in 2022.
What does it take to be a legal technologist?
After a seemingly slow start a decade ago, there has been an explosion of investment, awareness and new job opportunities in legal technology.
Why your firm should improve its source of funds and wealth processes
Tackling financial crime places a considerable burden of risk and compliance on conveyancers. But, while this can be frustrating, the need to combat the issues related to money laundering cannot be overstated
Compulsory mediation – an opportunity for small claims triage?
The government’s consultation on compulsory mediation closed yesterday. The proposals are based around having mandatory mediation for all defended small claims in the county court.
Solicitors Qualifying Examination – one year on and what’s next
It is a year since the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination – the biggest change in legal education for three decades. Much has gone well, but there are areas for improvement.
Partner misconduct allegations – getting the investigation right
In recent years, there has been a marked change in the approach taken by law firms to allegations of partner misconduct. You need to avoid knee-jerk decisions that could compromise the investigation.
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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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