All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 55
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News
Mergers lose appeal as top firms look to poach departments
Latest sector research suggests large firms only want the very best departments without taking on the other firm’s liabilities.
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Feature
How to: set up a law firm
Establishing a new firm is a daunting prospect but help is at hand.
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News
Magic circle: retention rates rise
At least eight in 10 trainees are being kept on at the magic circle this autumn.
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Feature
A buyers' market: PII update
It’s a buyers’ market for professional indemnity insurance but practitioners must keep on their toes.
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News
New legal firms set to top 1,000 this year
From 1 January to 31 July, 612 new business entities were authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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News
Redundancies planned as firm flees Manchester HQ
Significant changes planned at Linder Myers three months after acquisition by Metamorph Law.
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Feature
How to: do an MBA
With management skills seen as increasingly important for ambitious lawyers.
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News
Leading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Management consultancy Edward Drummond says bigger practices are ‘aggresively meritocratic’.
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News
Herbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
International firm extends its alternative legal services offering.
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News
‘Don’t expect to be in the office more than two days,’ lawyers told
London-based firm Schillings is the latest to embrace agile working.
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News
PI reforms fuel law firm merger mania
Accountancy firm reports peak levels of merger and acquisition activity.
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Opinion
Law firms and the John Lewis-style model
How can firms reconcile a profit-sharing model with the traditional partnership?
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News
Firms not signposting complaints rights, says LeO
Analysis of complaints reveals four out of five found the Legal Ombudsman without any help from their solicitor.
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News
Firm named for not paying national minimum wage
Law practice one of 197 businesses to have been issued with a notice of underpayment.
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Feature
Crossing the river — the law on legal professional privilege
A recent decision in Hong Kong may have powerful repercussions for the concept of LPP.
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News
Award for trainee solicitor’s injury to feelings not excessive
Employment appeal upholds £14,000 compensation for woman treated 'in a demeaning and disrespectful manner'.
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News
Excellence Awards – shortlist published
Law Society unveils solicitors and firms in running to be hailed as ‘brightest and best’ for 2016.