Safeguarding clients and legal documents: Capita’s partnership with the SRA
(Sponsored content.) Neil Skellam at Capita highlights how the company supports the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in safeguarding clients by managing, securing, and repatriating critical legal documentation during firm interventions.
All in it together
The benefits of becoming an employee-owned law firm can be cultural as well as financial. As Joanna Goodman hears, for some it is the magic pill that cures the headache of succession.
Why AI will not spell the end of lawyers
Artificial intelligence.
A journey into outer space
Military.
Resolving the enforcement conundrum
Civil justice.
Sell-by dates
SME law firms are losing their appetite for mergers. Buyouts? That’s a different story.
Paralegals are now recognised as a genuine branch of the legal profession
The view of what a paralegal is and what they can do has changed dramatically over the past decade.
Let slip the dogs of law
When the international order is breaking down, why are lawyers not more vocal in protest?
Defendant firms are to blame for soaring credit hire costs
Claimant firms want to find a way to keep cases out of court - but do defendants agree?
Mother in Law: Scott Simmons, rainmaker maker
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
News focus
In depth: Poor communication driving complaints, private client conference hears
Some solicitors are providing written information too late, or exceeding cost estimates without warning clients.
Mapping the maze
Charlotte Collier reviews the 'Legal Aid Handbook 2024/25'.
A smorgasbord of navigable wisdom
Fiona du Feu reviews 'Risk and Compliance Questions and Answers (2nd edition)'.
Warning signals
Fraud Markers, De-banking, and Financial Crime: A Legal Analysis of Counter-fraud Practices in the UK and Beyond.
Transitioning to a nature-positive and net-zero future
Rob Biddlecomb reviews 'The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive'.
Cape and the crusader
Michael Cross reviews David Kinley's 'In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit and the Lawyer who Busted Big Asbestos'.
