All General Legal Services articles
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Company content
Six things to consider before outsourcing your legal cashiering
Quill is the UK’s largest supplier of outsourced legal cashiering services. Here, managing director Julian Bryan shares his guidance on the benefits of outsourcing, as well as some specific questions law firms need to consider during the initial decision-making phase.
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Company content
Protect your law firm – tips, tricks and traps in legal cashiering
Gill Saville, Michael Bates, Tim Kidd and Julian Bryan gave a webinar on legal cashiering. They discussed its significance and best practice for your firm.
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Company content
Six things to consider before buying legal software
Julian Bryan, Executive Chairman of Quill, outlines how to make an informed choice when buying legal software. Here are his top tips on what to consider.
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News
Unbundling take-up in decline but watchdog still sees untapped market
Legal Services Consumer Panel wants the SRA to do more to assuage lawyers’ risk concerns.
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Opinion
Throw open the windows of the LSB
To glance at the Legal Services Board's strategy document is like entering a small windowless room with a fug from long over-occupation.
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News
Legal services ‘worth £60bn to UK economy’ - report
New gross value added figure in report commissioned by Law Society is more than double previous estimate.
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News
Judge praises lawyer-free divorce service
Mr Justice Mostyn says 'amicable' system has greatly improved access to justice.
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News
Consultant solicitor model expands into Europe with double acquisition
Global firm Pinsent Masons strikes a deal with two German entities.
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News
Consumer watchdog piles on pressure with new 'quality' focus
Legal Services Consumer Panel bemoans ‘dearth’ of information on quality available to the public.
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Opinion
Mind your language
Criticism of the Legal Services Board stems from its poorly worded objectives.
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Opinion
Let down by the watchdog
Stephen Lockwood details his experience with the Legal Ombudsman service for lodging a complaint.
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News
'Not a single client satisfied' - report exposes how law firms fall short
Four out of ten clients suspect senior partners ’lack more than a basic knowledge of their business’.
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News
Foreign jurisdictions eye Brexit boost – Society president
Robert Bourns says some competing jurisdictions are already pressing for changes to jurisdiction clauses in cross-border contracts.
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Competition watchdog rules out full investigation of legal services
Markets authority wants more transparency on price and quality – but found no evidence that current regulatory framework inhibits competition.
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Opinion
Modernising the 'modernisers'
Policymakers must focus on the legal services we need and discard ideological preconceptions.
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News
Firm wins court battle over legal contract tender
DWF issued proceedings against the Insolvency Service over a tendering exercise for contracts worth up to £50m.