£1.8m grant to help SME law firms “make sense” of tech market
A project to help around 60 SME law firms navigate a “confusing” market and adopt digital technology has been launched with £1.8m in government funding.
LSB bids to reduce regulatory barriers to tech adoption
Regulators need to bring down the barriers to technology adoption and innovation in the interests of reducing unmet legal need, the Legal Services Board has said.
Mentoring scheme aims to help firms retain Black lawyers
A mentoring scheme involving qualified Black lawyers and senior lawyers in other law firms aims to help firms retain Black lawyers as well as understanding the obstacles they face.
Solicitors to pay extra £13.5m to Law Society and SRA
Individual solicitors and their firms will have to pay an extra £13.5m to be regulated and represented in the coming year, it emerged today.
Dip in proportion of consumers shopping around for legal services
The proportion of consumers who shop around for lawyers has fallen for the first time in 12 years, but the use of unbundling is on the rise, according to new figures.
Knights raises fees as it looks to restart organic growth
Listed law firm Knights said yesterday it was on course to return to organic growth this year after revealing that the 13% increase in revenues for the last 12 months came from acquisitions.
Small firms at heart of AML reports made by SRA
The Solicitors Regulation Authority reported transactions potentially involving money laundering worth over £75m to the National Crime Agency in the last financial year.
Private equity giant in talks to buy DWF for £342m
DWF – the only law firm listed on the main London Stock Exchange – is in talks with a leading private equity company over a possible buyout that values it at £342m.
Court refuses to grant law firm injunction against departed solicitor
The High Court has refused to grant a law firm an injunction to prevent a departing solicitor from trying to entice any of its clients away for two years.
Chambers ordered to pay barrister £20,000 in costs after tribunal claim
Garden Court Chambers has been ordered to pay former member Allison Bailey costs of £20,000 following her successful employment tribunal claim against it.
