Practice Management

The first law firms have joined a platform developed by virtual firm Carbon Law Partners, where they will operate as trading names under its umbrella alternative business structure.

A solicitor who claimed she was not offered a job after completing her training contract because she was pregnant has lost her discrimination claim in the employment tribunal.

A former equity partner of a City law firm has failed in his claim that he was not awarded a fair profit share in the last two years of his partnership.

A competitive bidding website saw a threefold increase in business last year, as solicitors and clients flooded online during the lockdowns, it has emerged.

Leading consumer law firm Taylor Rose MW is targeting “significant” expansion in the North-West of England after acquiring Warrington practice FDR Law, as we round up a slew of recent M&A activity.

A global law firm’s post-pandemic plan to compulsorily limit office attendance will stop women working remotely suffering from present colleagues receiving better assignments.

The top 50 law firms had nearly £6bn of unpaid client invoices on their balance sheets last year and would be better prepared for another crisis like Covid if they reduced this, an analysis has argued.

Mergers of law firms are “not a time for consensus because decisions must be made” and the fact partners may have to cede control “must be debated and not hidden”, a report has warned.

The spring renewal season saw law firms pay a lot more for their PII, with the surge in conveyancing work a concern and contentious probate an increasing problem.

Nearly half of lawyers believe that working remotely during the pandemic has damaged the cohesiveness of their firms, a global study has found.