Fixed fees fuel drive towards arbitration
Arbitration as a form of dispute resolution has the backing of Family Division president Sir James Munby.
Data page – February 2015
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
Support centres: our friends in the north
Near-shoring is growing in popularity as law firms seek to cut their wage bills and property overheads.
Criminal defence: the defiant ones
Criminal defence specialists are hurting and career prospects are bleak. But many retain the appetite to fight for a viable future.
Regulators and judicial review
Debate around judicial review has made headlines in recent weeks with proposed government reforms being the subject of heated debate in the House of Lords.
Australia: extracting value
Australia’s mining boom helped to entice firms from the northern hemisphere. But while the legal services market has lost some of its lustre, local alliances are helping international firms do more business there.
Data page – December 2014
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
Mediation: peace at any price?
The courts are ready and willing to penalise commercial parties that refuse genuine offers of mediation. Is mediation finally coming of age?
Data page – November 2014
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
In business
Lawyers on TV – the jury’s out
What have we learnt from the Beeb’s winter dramas featuring the legal profession?
The road less travelled
Law firms are too easily discouraged from breaking free from the crowd when it comes to marketing.
Start planning 2016’s budget cuts
Think about planning for next year now. Otherwise the cuts could feel more brutal than necessary.
Partner hire: John Warchus at Moore Blatch
Commercial and technology law specialist heads up team in firm’s West London office.
Firm hires: Wright Hassall
Midlands-based firm makes 13 senior appointments.
Partner hire: Andrea T Best
She has been elected partner in Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP’s London office.
Partner hire: Alan Collins at Hugh James
One of the UK’s leading lawyers in sexual abuse litigation.
