All Alternative business structures articles – Page 27
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NewsSlater & Gordon to put acquisitions on hold
Healthy profit increases for expanding Australian firm.
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NewsCouncil ABS plan aims to take fight to outsourcers
Lambeth legal chief says councils are under pressure to innovate in the face of back-office services being outsourced.
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NewsPwC Legal ‘challenge’ to firms in process services
PwC Legal was last month granted ABS status and will now have access to financial backing from the Big Four professional services group.
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NewsFormer Connect2Law chief to lead new franchise
Business model will seek to repeat successes of Pannone division.
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NewsNumber of in-house solicitors has doubled since 2000
In-house solicitors represent 18% of the profession, according to SRA survey.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell earned and borrowed more in 2013
Accounts show turnover and profit increasing at Yorkshire-based firm.
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NewsAccountancy giant enters legal market with ABS status
PwC Legal will become a seperate entity within PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Minster Law owner makes deal with insurance firm
Five-tear agreement with Towergate to handle claims for thousands of customers.
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NewsDirect Line secures ABS licence
Insurance giant links up with law firm to offer legal services to customers and non-customers.
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NewsSingapore embraces ABSs to ‘keep pace’
Jurisdiction to allow non-lawyers a stake in legal practices.
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NewsQualitySolicitors boosted by multi-million investment
Franchise founder says it has listened to the views of members and consumers.
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NewsInvestor ploughs £122m into LegalZoom
Funding signals company’s intent to expand into new markets including the UK.
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NewsFirst fire brigade ABS planned
Buckinghamshire council and Bucks and Milton Keynes Fire Authority plan ABS partnership.
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NewsABS progress in Ireland stalls after cabinet row
Law Society of Ireland chief urges country to wait and see what happens in England and Wales.
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NewsTrade union to partner law firm in ABS
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association to invest in Leeds-based Morrish LLP.
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NewsTop-70 firms added to ABS roster
Two of the biggest firms yet are approved as alternative business structures.
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NewsAccountants approved to enter legal sector
ICAEW to be granted power to license alternative business structures.
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NewsIPReg authorised to regulate ABS entities
Intellectual property lawyers given option to bring in non-legal owners.
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NewsBarrass: SRA was pressurised to fast-track ABSs
Executive director uses final speech for attack on secretive bigger firms, aspiring ABSs – and other regulatory bodies.