Practice Management
Firms could be forced to point consumers to LeO complaints records
Law firms may be compelled to point potential clients to Legal Ombudsman decisions about them to help make it easier for consumers to choose a lawyer.
Hiring star lawyers “can lower quality of service”
Hiring ‘star’ or elite commercial lawyers often reduces the quality of the teams they join, a study has found, with some large law firms panicking about losing big clients unless they had “big names”.
City solicitor apprentice initiative “could snowball”
An initiative by 50 City law firms to increase the number of solicitor apprentices “could snowball”, the chair of the City of London Law Society training committee has predicted.
In defence of partnership – London firm moves to full equity
Well-known law firm Anthony Gold has bucked the trend of firms adopting a corporate structure by moving to a full-equity partnership to give partners an equal stake in its development.
General counsel used Covid as “opportunity to go off-panel”
A lot of general counsel used the pandemic as an “opportunity to go off-panel” and instruct boutique law firms and alternative legal services providers, a leading law firm adviser has said.
Law firm CEO “saved £300,000” by recruiting lawyers on LinkedIn
The former chief executive of Brethertons has described how he saved the firm up to £300,000 in recruitment fees by finding lawyers himself on LinkedIn.
Pandemic experience has given lawyers more confidence in tech
The experience of the pandemic has given lawyers greater confidence in innovation and technology, leading to a “step change” in their use over the past three years, major research has found.
“Partnership is dying” as law firms need greater agility
“Partnership is dying” as a model for new law firms, though it remains “an option”, a law firm management expert has said as he stressed the need for them to adopt the ‘agile’ methodology.
Contentious probate specialist secures private equity backing
A law firm specialising only in contentious probate has secured £3.25m in private equity funding to boost expansion across the country, the fifth law firm to be backed by BGF.
Smaller law firms turn to marketing as optimism falters
Confidence among smaller law firms that they will grow in the coming year has fallen for the third year running and they are planning to increase their marketing efforts in response.
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Well-intentioned consumer protections embedded in the regulation of legal services increasingly act as barriers to innovation, competition and access to justice.
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From AI ambition to operational reality
AI is no longer an emerging technology on the horizon. It has become the connective tissue binding law, regulation, risk and commercial decision-making.
