All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 82
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News
SRA survey exposes 1,200 firms in financial difficulty
Regulator set to increase supervision in bid to see off expensive interventions.
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News
Cobbetts clear-up fees revealed
An administrator’s report has laid out who made what from the Cobbetts collapse.
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News
Slater & Gordon unveils £1m campaign
Australian firm sets sights on UK market after series of acquisitions.
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Opinion
Defamation costs: lessons from the PI world
Last Friday the government unveiled its plans to bring in costs protection in defamation cases. The proposed scheme would be similar to the qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) regime that came in into force in personal injury in April, but with some important differences. In particular, in defamation, QOCS will ...
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Opinion
Keeping gateway to debt advice open
Is a MoJ impenetrable gateway part of a big plan to save £350m from the legal aid budget?
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Profile
Tracey McDermott
The head of enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority has a low tolerance threshold for City malefactors.
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News
Hundreds on the edge as PII renewal date looms
Premiums volatile as the clock ticks down to 1 October renewal date.
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Opinion
PII news focus: running for cover
Berliner’s exit from the PII market has created turmoil for 1100 law firms, providing a dramatic end to a troubled PII renewal season.
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News
Scottish 'Jackson' review calls for referrals rethink
A review of civil litigation costs in Scotland has overturned a ban on referral fees.
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Opinion
Public ratings for lawyers
User-generated reviews of clients’ experiences may not be a bad thing - it can help firms avoid repeating the same mistakes
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News
Maclay Murray & Spens cuts 28 jobs
Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens confirms that 28 jobs have gone in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.
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News
Firms face uncertainty as Berliner pulls plug
Solicitors face a race against time to find PII cover.
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News
Practices rethink partnership
Only half of firms have reviewed their partnership structures ahead of proposals to overhaul the taxation of LLPs.
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Opinion
Leader: warming to a theme
In law firms, there are compelling reasons to look at everything from air travel and paper use, to direct energy consumption and the behaviour of suppliers.
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News
In-house to do more high-value work
The growth of in-house legal departments will slow and general counsel will take on more of the work traditionally provided by private firms, according to Julia Chain, MD at Huron Legal.
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Opinion
Ensuring staff wellbeing is a commercial necessity
A health and wellbeing strategy can bring benefits commercially, too.
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Feature
How To: be a COFA
The role of compliance officer for finance and administration remains both underappreciated and imperfectly understood.
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Feature
Law firms and sustainability: good business sense
Far from being an unnecessary distraction in a difficult market, policies and practices that reduce law firms’ impact on the environment are good for business.
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News
Private equity investors buy majority share in PI firm
Winn Solicitors is planning for ‘significant expansion’ after two private equity investors bought 60% of its holding company.