Features – Page 12
-
Feature
Virtual vs in-person consultations: pros and cons
Consultations are the first opportunity to begin building a positive relationship with your client - so which type should your workplace opt for?
-
Feature
How we solved the integration puzzle
The UK legal market continues to consolidate with at least 15 mergers involving top-200 firms in the last year.
-
Feature
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
-
Feature
Exam graded
Twelve months on from its formal implementation, the jury remains out on whether the Solicitors Qualifying Exam will achieve its noble aims.
-
Feature
Why law firms should consider mergers to strengthen talent acquisition and boost DE&I
Clare Beresford, CEO at Laurence Simons, looks at the importance and benefits of DE&I and discusses how top-tier firms can bridge the gap with smaller counterparts through strategic acquisition. (Sponsored content.)
-
Feature
Six things to consider when buying legal software
Julian Bryan, from Quill, shares his top considerations when purchasing legal software to ensure a smooth transition, a good fit for your firm and long-term success. (Sponsored content.)
-
Feature
Work on your relationships
‘You need to have a frank discussion about the things that matter to clients’
-
Feature
PII: a change in the weather
Long Read: Premiums are still going up, but the professional indemnity insurance market is softening at last.
-
Feature
Changes to capital gains tax on separation and divorce
The Government has announced changes to the capital gains regime that applies when separating or divorcing couples need to transfer assets.
-
Feature
Data page – August 2022
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
-
Feature
Playing politics
Prison lawyers are sceptical about the latest reforms of prisons and probation, reports Rachel Rothwell. At Westminster debate on penal policy long ago degenerated into a competition over who can shout the loudest about crime.
-
Feature
Council’s junior lawyers
Lizzy Lim and Baljinder Atwal, two of four junior lawyer members of the Law Society Council, talk to Eduardo Reyes about their background, experiences and role representing their peers.
-
Feature
Computer says yes
What’s it like to advise the world’s top tech entrepreneurs? Joanna Goodman finds out.
-
Feature
Investigating strip-searches in Armagh Gaol
Elizabeth Woodcraft on visiting the women’s prison in Northern Ireland as part of a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the use of strip-searching.
-
Feature
How legacy giving is helping beat cancer
Samantha Devlin, Head of Product: Legacy Giving at Cancer Research UK, on the importance of funding and ways you can help facilitate these conversations with clients. (Sponsored content.)
-
Feature
Why innovation is critical for the survival of the legal industry
Rhys Hodkinson, CCO at Definely, looks at innovation within the legal sector, and why those who fail to innovate will be left behind. (Sponsored content.)
-
Feature
Market definition in principle and in practice
Joe Perkins considers what official guidance says about how markets should be defined in competition cases – and the gap between this guidance and what authorities actually do. (Sponsored content.)