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Overcoming the hurdles of professional indemnity insurance
Research suggests rising solicitors’ insurance premiums this April could prove to be a fatal blow for some beleaguered small and medium-sized practices.
The Post Office and Lord Neuberger – Going upstairs
What was the former president of the Supreme Court doing in endorsing a Post Office strategy that “never had any substance”? He might now be asking himself a similar question.
Has the UK done enough to regulate smart contracts?
Smart contracts have huge potential in revolutionising entire industries. But many technological and legal hurdles to implementing operational smart contracts remain.
Allianz v Holt – bridging credit hire’s PAP gap?
Holt is a welcome step in the right direction and might go some way towards finally dragging pre-action conduct in credit hire claims into the post-CPR era.
Implementing a continuous improvement mindset
A continuous improvement mindset is a business culture built on the aim of implementing ongoing improvements to all elements of the business.
Disabled staff and clients deserve more from the law
Accessibility is multi-faceted and means different things to different disabled people – from how someone enters and navigates a building, through to using accessible language to help inclusivity.
Preparing for PII renewal on 1 April
A number of law firms now renew their professional indemnity insurance on 1 April. It also provides an indicator as to what to expect for firms renewing six months later.
The time has come for lawyers to embrace Lean Six Sigma
Whilst governments and the biggest companies have used Lean Six Sigma and benefitted from it, the legal sector has lagged behind. Now it needs to understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of what it does.
The recruitment crisis – what are lawyers looking for in their next role?
The legal profession post-pandemic is entirely different from the situation two years ago. The days of attracting talent with the “corner office and an excellent salary” are over.
Do estate agents and conveyancers get on yet?
How can we have harmony between estate agents and conveyancers? Is the love lost between the two industries or by this year’s Valentine’s Day, will there be some amour shared?
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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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