Practice Management

The boss of a law firm that was one of the first businesses in the world to adopt a four-day working week has set out how it reduced unplanned absences and staff turnover significantly.

The shift to home working in the pandemic has created a “new norm” in which the “lack of boundaries” has left lawyers facing a “constant cycle of work”, a leading KC has said.

Up to a quarter of lawyers could work at fee-share alternative law firms within the next three years at current rates of growth, a detailed analysis has predicted.

There has been a sudden spike in the number of law firms of all sizes reporting to the Solicitors Regulation Authority that they are facing financial problems, it has emerged.

Unbundling has the potential to increase access to justice and help firms attract new clients, but awareness among lawyers and consumers is low, research by the SRA has found.

National law firm TLT has become one of the few law firms to commit to achieving validated net zero targets by 2040, as verified by the Science Based Targets initiative.

A fifth of female solicitors were promoted into a new role by their law firms during or after maternity leave, but a similar proportion “felt unwelcome” on their return, a major study has found.

A consultant-led international law firm, based in the City, has become the first to join the Institute for Collaborative Working, saying clients were looking for law firms to be business partners.

A law firm does not have to pay outstanding salary owed to a solicitor it fired for gross misconduct discovered after he resigned, an employment tribunal has ruled.

A rapidly expanding criminal law firm has opened its 23rd office but its managing partner says the “lack of individuals to hire” is its biggest – and worsening – challenge.