All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 73
-
Feature
South Africa: southern comfort
Opportunities far outweigh the challenges in South Africa, which offers law firms a vibrant market and a base for continental expansion.
-
News
Partners approve merger of Speechly and Charles Russell
Private client firms will combine to create a 170-partner firm.
-
Feature
PII Focus: the Law Society
The chair of the Society’s PII committe runs through its agenda and explains why the profession has a ‘big question’ to answer.
-
Feature
PII Focus: safety in a number
Every law firm needs to think about what level of cover it needs to ‘sleep at night’.
-
Feature
PII Focus: SRA
The regulator is seeking to safeguard client protection while making cover more accessible and affordable.
-
Feature
PII Focus: Chancery Pii
Chancery Pii has acted on the concerns of smaller practices to offer a viable alternative in the 1-4 partner market.
-
News
S&G’s £500k project pledge
Money will fund projects to improve care for people diagnosed with work-related disease or who have suffered a catastrophic brain or spinal injury.
-
News
‘Unprecedented’ clinical negligence claims as PI firms migrate
NHS Litigation Authority says new claims have shot up with some firms charging ‘excessive’ costs.
-
News
Merger activity cools among smaller firms
The ninth in a series of six-monthly surveys shows a decline in the number of mergers and in the firms expecting to merge in the coming year.
-
Feature
Rise of the company secretary
Once unfairly maligned as a glorified clerical position, the company secretary has become much more visible – and valuable.
-
Opinion
Flexible-working challenges
Although flexibility makes sense, firms must ensure they adhere to the correct employment laws.
-
Opinion
PII arguments fall on deaf ears
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s plan has one more hurdle to clear.
-
Feature
Enforcing financial ombudsman decisions
Why are attempts to enforce Financial Ombudsman Service decisions in the legal system so onerous?
-
News
Legal executive-only firms mooted for next year
Super-regulator consults on granting CILEx entity regulation powers.
-
News
Government will not legislate to protect whistleblowing partners
Further legislative change will not be necessary to cover members of LLPs, the government says.
-
News
Mid-sized practices lead way
Mid-sized firms are outperforming their larger counterparts as small practices struggle to compete, according to the latest benchmarking report from accountants MHA.
-
News
Troubled CLS merged with funeral and insurance
Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) will join the group’s funeral and insurance businesses in a new ‘consumer services division’ following a major shakeup of the loss-making alternative business structure.
-
News
Listed legal firms predict revenue boost
Two pioneering, stock-market listed legal services businesses have each made bold promises of rapid expansion.
-
Feature
How to: be innovative
The stability that was once a hallmark of our profession has gone for good. Law firms must innovate if they are to thrive.