Legal aid firms merge to create new giant
SJ Law and Mackesys join forces to create SJ Mackesys Solicitors.
International Marketplace Conference
Lawyers face a multitude of challenges when doing business in volatile emerging economies, as we learnt from the International Marketplace Conference.
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.
Data page – July 2014
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
Risk and compliance: the tools of hazard
Law firms are constantly evaluating and managing risk but best practice can remain elusive, debated delegates at the annual Risk and Compliance Conference.
Expert evidence under the spotlight
Radical reform of funding and compliance has placed the relationship between practitioners and expert witnesses under strain.
Legal Venezuela: after Chávez
The Socialist country would appear to be a barren environment for foreign investors and their international advisers. But times are changing.
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.
Family Drug and Alcohol Court: breaking the habit
Despite precarious funding, the court has pioneered an approach to fighting parental addiction that keeps more families together.
In business
The perfect match?
The legal world could embrace the ‘specific formula’ approach encouraged by a revolutionary dating app.
Still in business (in 2024)
Law firm leaders have to realise that the marketplace is increasingly commercial and must respond. Otherwise failure beckons.
PII brokers: free pen please?
Proposal forms offer a great way for insurance brokers to obtain boundless information on solicitors.
Make time for marketing
Business is picking up after several rocky years. But being too busy for marketing should ring alarm bells.
Flexible-working challenges
Although flexibility makes sense, firms must ensure they adhere to the correct employment laws.
Still working on our ABS
The first local authorities applied for ABS licences last year and are still waiting for approval. What’s the hold up?
New partner: music specialist Andy Booth
Music lawyer has advised artists such as Johnny Marr and The Coral.
New partner: Reed Smith
Prajakt Samant’s practice focuses primarily on commodity and energy-related transactions and regulatory matters.
Firm hires: Claire Tonks at Flint Bishop
Claire has been practising commercial law since 2000 and joins from Geldards.
Firm hires: Kami Naghdi at Clintons
Entertainment lawyer took six-year break to produce eight feature films.
