Top personal injury consortium paying Google £8m a year
InjuryLawyers4u, the leading law firm marketing consortium, is paying Google £8m a year, it has emerged. Andrew Twambley, director of InjuryLawyers4U and managing partner of Amelans, said the consortium was spending £3m four years ago.
Retailer turned law firm chairman: pricing demands pushing change
Leading retailer Greg Tufnell, new non-executive chairman of innovative legal practice Radiant Law, has told Legal Futures that changed expectations among clients over pricing is one of the key elements driving disruption in the legal market.
Quindell targets huge staff growth and higher-value cases
Quindell plc is on track to nearly double the number of staff working in its legal division to 1,500 this year as part of a plan that is seeing the alternative business structure target noise-induced deafness claims as a major growth area, it revealed this week.
Barristers move towards ABS, survey says
Nearly one in five criminal and family barristers are considering joining alternative business structures with non-lawyer owners and four out of ten plan to apply, or are thinking of applying, for authorisation to conduct litigation, according to a major survey.
SRA attacked from all sides on indemnity reforms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposed indemnity insurance reforms have been attacked from all sides by the legal services consumer panel, the Law Society and the insurance industry itself.
Google: two million legal searches made every day in UK
Two million online searches on legal subjects are made every day in the UK, according to a senior Google executive, who went on to advise lawyers that their future clients would increasingly be reached through video and mobile technology.
Law Society back in the black as chief executive’s pay soars by nearly 20%
Retiring Law Society chief executive Des Hudson saw his pay soar nearly 20% last year, it has emerged – but the society did turn a significant deficit into a surplus during that time.
Fairpoint gets green light to buy Simpson Millar and eyes further acquisitions
Fairpoint Group plc has officially entered the legal market after the Solicitors Regulation Authority approved its £15m acquisition of national law firm and alternative business structure Simpson Millar.
Red Bar eyes steady stream of barristers seconded to corporates
Our series catching up with the new breed of alternative business structures profiles Red Bar, the first start up ABS and a law firm offering early access to barristers, and how a no-nonsense approach to payment is aiding big expansion plans.
“Give clients what they want – not what you think they need”, digital pioneers tell law firms
Three leading digital pioneers yesterday told law firms to “give clients what they want” rather than what they think clients want, whether that is a daily blog or free legal documents.
