All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 28
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News
Furloughs and freezes: Latest on firms' Covid-19 responses
Some staff have returned to work after being included in job retention scheme from March.
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Opinion
Long way to go before remote hearings become the norm
For remote hearings to be workable, there will need to be cooperation between parties and the court ahead of time.
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News
High street firms and law centres 'could collapse', warn MPs
Justice committee says government must do more to financially support lawyers through Covid-19 crisis in landmark report.
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Feature
If you have a 1 October PII renewal date, act now
Chair of the Law Society’s Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee issues an important warning to solicitors.
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News
Firms’ confidence ‘surprisingly high’, annual snapshot shows
One third of small practices believe Covid-19 will increase their workload in both the short and long term.
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News
Most Irwin Mitchell staff going back full-time - but partner pay still reduced
Talks ongoing with staff at national firm about continuing on furlough or working reduced hours.
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News
Freeths cuts 80 jobs as Covid tears up growth plans
Firm’s chairman expresses 'huge regret' at decision to axe lawyers and support staff.
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News
Rebuked owner felt ‘deceived’ by consultant mishandling transactions
Emma Reese gave undertaking to bank not knowing her colleague was under investigation.
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News
SIF extended: Claims lifeline for closed firms given one-year reprieve
SRA bows to pressure to extend the Solicitors Indemnity Fund.
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Feature
Transforming firm culture
Guardians programme helps organisations go further in commitments to creating a safe and secure working environment.
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Feature
Alternative legal services provider
Excited by the business of law rather than black letter law? Then go and work for an ASLP. Katharine Freeland reports.
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News
Covid-19 has 'significantly reduced' value of criminal legal aid offer
Law Society says landscape has reduced dramatically and government must do more than it has proposed.
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News
Conservative MP condemns low pay in criminal legal aid
James Daly says criminal legal aid lawyers in towns such as Bury are unlikely to be earning above £30,000.
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News
Legal revenues down just 5% - but real shock yet to come
ONS data shows sector remained strong in April. However the full impact of the lockdown has yet to be felt.
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News
Law firms targeted by ‘hackers for hire’
Lawyers working on corporate litigation 'disproportionately' represented among 'Dark Basin' victims.
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Feature
Burning Bridges: restrictive covenants and LLPs
For many years, partnership advisers have questioned the applicability to LLP members of the general principle in Bridge v Deacons [1984] that onerous restrictive covenants are more likely to be enforceable against partners.
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Profile
By royal appointment
Leeds legal mainstay Shulmans this year became the first law firm to win a prestigious Queen’s award for enterprise. Employment partner Jim Wright tells Jonathan Rayner how they did it
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News
Exclusive: legionella threatens legal London’s return to work
Lawyers working at Lincoln’s Inn have been warned not to go in to their offices following the discovery of the bacterium.