Practice Management
Family law firm allows solicitors to work four-day week
A family law firm in North London is giving its solicitors a day off every Wednesday as part of a pilot of the four-day working week, its managing director has revealed.
“AI won’t replace lawyers – so long as they embrace it,” says top City firm
Generative artificial intelligence will not replace lawyers, but lawyers who use it will replace those who do not, the head of lawtech at a leading City law firm has predicted.
Top accountants set to grow legal arm after innovative PE deal
Top 10 accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith is set to expand its legal services arm after becoming the first to take on private equity funding while staying a limited liability partnership.
Ince Group was sold for £2.2m while owing creditors £41m
National law firm Axiom DWFM is paying £2.2m for listed practice Ince Group, whose creditors are owed £41m, according to the administrators, who set out what went wrong.
Solicitors accused of “mistrust and indifference” to lawtech
Solicitors have been described as displaying “mistrust and indifference” to new technology, with a lack of support from managers a major barrier, in a major study of attitudes to lawtech.
Chambers offered to “carry me up stairs” to pupillage interview
A barrister with a spinal cord injury has described how a set of chambers, despite being told in advance that he was disabled, offered to carry him up the stairs to a pupillage interview.
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.
Blog
Lessons from Sir Keir Starmer for SRA chief
The proposed 29%, or £25m, increase in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s budget announced last week should really come as no great surprise.
The hidden risks in client account reconciliations
The client account reconciliation process will be second nature to most people in legal finance – and so is also a potential area for a problem to be undetected until it becomes serious.
Mentoring the next generation of litigation leaders
As a female lawyer, from the North, with a state school education, I understand the value of sharing perspectives, experiences and contacts.
