Do you sweep things under the carpet?
What would you do if you found out that a member of your staff had committed what in a reasonable person’s opinion, amounted to serious/gross misconduct? Would you look to get rid of them as quickly, cheaply and quietly as possible by means of a Settlement Agreement (replaced Compromise Agreements on 29 July 2013), or would you pursue matters through the firm’s disciplinary process and take any knocks that may come as a consequence?
Invest In Law looks beyond Beijing and Shanghai
Since the opening of PRC’s legal market to foreign law firms in 1992, many have established a presence in China’s coastal cities. There are now about 200 foreign law firms with registered offices in mostly Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong (Regulated by a separate authority, the Hong Kong Law Society). Setting up offices in these cities has its own advantages, being China’s tier-one cities with well developed infrastructure and FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) growth almost every year, but the markets are moving quickly towards saturation. With China’s 12th Five-Year Plan in 2011 shifting its economic focus from coastal to inner cities, such as Shenzhen, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Dalian, Wuhan and Qingdao, all having inhabitants of at least one million. Foreign Investors will be drawn into inner China for lower factor cost and new market opportunities, thus generating great demands for the legal sector. But with most international law firms having their major area of operation limited in coastal China, theses demands are not being met.
Is your red carpet permanently rolled out?
With offices in London and Manchester, Fentons Solicitors LLP has been providing legal services for over 80 years and has one of the largest claimant PI departments in the country, recovering tens of millions of pounds worth of compensation for accident victims every year.
Understanding the digital ‘way’ – mmadigital helps Ward Hadaway launch a new personal injury brand
mmadigital helps Ward Hadaway launch a new personal injury brand
The role of the COLP
The SRA Handbook and Code have been in force since 6 October 2011 and COLPs and COFAs took up their roles formally from 1 January 2013. Incredible to think it has been more than 6 months.
Judges set to shortlist entries for the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards
The judging panel for the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards is set to meet soon, when it will decide which firms and individuals are to be shortlisted for Yorkshire’s premier legal event.
Vehicle lookups at the click of a button
The UK’s leading provider of Case Management Software – Eclipse Legal Systems – has announced integration with the leading UK provider of vehicle lookup data, CDL Vehicle Information Services (CDL VIS).
Have you signed up yet?
Riliance recently launched its FREE survey tool in conjunction with the Law Society to enable practices to collate and report on their firm’s diversity profile; to date over 500 firms have registered covering over 25,000 employees.
