All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 61
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‘Nursery’ firm created for young lawyers
Gunnerbloom, an offshoot of established firm gunnercooke, will be staffed by junior lawyers
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One-third of trainees paid below Society minimum
Legal recruiter’s data suggest more than half of trainees in the north-west are paid below the Law Society’s recommended minimum salary.
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Bristol named as UK's biggest legal centre outside London
Research finds top tier of regional centres pulling away from the rest of the country.
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Firms must offshore or northshore to stay competitive – report
Low-cost legal centres can offer clients discounts of 30-50%, study shows.
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Slater and Gordon UK chief leaves the business
Neil Kinsella informed staff this morning that he is standing down.
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Mishcon de Reya fights off £5m negligence claim
The former chair of Queens Park Rangers alleged the firm had breached its duty by not advising him properly on the sale of his stake in the football club.
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BLP in merger talks with Greenberg Traurig
The merger would create a firm with more than 2,500 lawyers.
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SRA’s trust exercise ‘far removed’ from our world, say City lawyers
City of London Law Society criticises scenarios used to help form the regulator’s ‘reference framework’ .
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Cardiff law firm sets up own litigation fund
Capital Law has secured a £50m fund – backed by private equity investors – to offer financing direct to clients and eliminate third parties from the process.
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Top pay at Freshfields jumps 68% on flat profits
The highest remunerated member at Freshfield received £3.2m in 2015.
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RPC agrees tie-up with Singapore firm
The joint venture, which allows RPC to practise Singapore law, will target financial litigation.
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No plans to float in Irwin Mitchell strategy for 2016
Option is not off the table but other ways of expanding the business appear to be taking precedence.
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Partners working 6.5 weeks extra per year, research shows
Higher hours driven by a battle for new business with the ‘big four’ accountancy firms, according to legal recruiter.
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Roundtable: planning for growth
How should law firms grow? Are mergers best or could they even issue 10-year bonds?
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Negligence claims against law firms halve
But firms have not yet seen the back of financial crisis-related claims, City firm RPC warns.
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P2P lender seeks 100 law firms for first panel
Although Folk2Folk is inviting firms of all sizes to express interest, it is looking in particular for rural high street firms with local knowledge.
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Top earnings at BLP up 29% as profits rise
Operating profits at the firm rose by 15% in 2014/15.
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Reed Smith cuts 45 lawyer jobs in restructure
Job losses follow a review of the firm’s staffing model to help it remain competitive.
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Talent-spotting is top practice priority
Recruitment, retention and succession planning are the most urgent issues for law firms in 2016, according to a survey.
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How to: make hot-desking work
What if you left for work not knowing where you would be sitting that day? We looks at the pros and cons of hot-desking.