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When I put AtCourtNow.com on the web in 09, it was free, you all could have used it to share an advocate at court and a solicitor for police stations creating the travel and waiting economies of scale the MoJ are after. None of you did.
When the original proposals came out I said 25K was it for wages in London under the new regime, that the only way forward was to join together using the chambers model as large partnerships of all the solicitors, making full use of full suite case management to achieve economies of scale, admin and clerk and secretary automation, and 70K incomes for the solicitors.
None of you listened. But I was right.
My next prediction, the MOJ will favour those firms with the most equity partners, the largest foot prints and full suite case management.
For those firms which don't get a contract, it's redundancy payments and PII run down. For every duty solicitor it's £22k pa if you can get or hold on to your job.
So for the last time.
I have an own client contract for a partnership. Join me and bid as a chambers model, income proportionate to billing, using full suite case management. The more the better. Every area.
The details, the terms of agreements to employ, using the front offices of existing firms to get county cover, the terms of merging after the contract starts to avoid PII runoff, are open for discussion. It's not about shutting down options, it's about beig involved in more bids to have a better chance of staying in the profession, paying the mortgage, feeding the kids and saving for a pension. Whether you're employed or an equity owner, whether in a big firm hoping you're not for the chop once your duty status is gone, or a small firm hoping the owners have their act together, is it wise to put your eggs in 1 basket. No.
Duty solicitors are professional fighters. it's time to fight our own corner. email me at andrewbenington@gmail.com.