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Kain Knight, a leader in the legal costs industry, is hosting a ‘best practice’ seminar on legal costs for solicitors handling Court of Protection work in the New Year.

Conscious Solutions are delighted to announce they are working with the Prysm Group on a brand new event for the legal industry, Legalex.

Telephone answering specialist Moneypenny is reporting an overall 13% rise in average call volume to its dedicated legal receptionists so far in December.

The UK’s leading legal expenses insurer, DAS, which provides cover to millions of families and hundreds of thousands of businesses every year, welcomes the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarifying freedom of choice, both regarding the appointment of solicitor and funding.

PwC’s 2013 Annual Law Firm Survey has revealed that whilst profit margins for the top 10 firms have increased by an average of about 2 percentage points over the last year, the vast majority of firms who fall into groups outside of the top 10, are struggling with declining profit margins. Around a third of these firms report net profit margins of less than 20%.

We all know that whilst October heralded the publication of this year’s legal guides, our work on the next publications is only just beginning. Indeed we share a striking resemblance to the painters of the Forth Bridge with regard to our never-ending workload.

The UK’s leading telephone answering and outsourced switchboard service expects an increase of 15-20 per cent in calls on the two Fridays before Christmas as the staff party season gets back into full swing after the ‘Scrooge’ years of the recession. Will everyone be on their best behaviour?

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