All In Business blog articles – Page 6

  • Amanda Illing
    Opinion

    Going open plan

    2013-11-13T12:17:00Z

    The chief executive of Hardwicke Chambers shares her experience of going open plan. 

  • David Pickup
    Opinion

    What sort of question is that?

    2013-11-01T11:55:00Z

    Form-filling is increasingly becoming part of the job. But how many solicitors answer the questions honestly?

  • David Pickup
    Opinion

    Changing times

    2013-10-04T10:49:00Z

    Charging by time only is unpopular with clients and has given various governments excuses to cut legal aid. Maybe a new system is needed.

  • Melissa Davis
    Opinion

    Dos and don’ts of a lawyer’s personal blog

    2013-09-26T12:26:00Z

    In this era of social media, what are the perils of lawyers blurring the lines between their professional and personal lives?

  • Eduardo Reyes
    Opinion

    The cost of having principles

    2013-09-25T14:12:00Z

    If general counsel advise an ethical response to wrongdoing and are ignored, it undermines their ability to do the core job of managing risk.

  • Lia-Moses
    Opinion

    Keeping gateway to debt advice open

    2013-09-16T11:05:00Z

    Is a MoJ impenetrable gateway part of a big plan to save £350m from the legal aid budget?

  • Eduardo Reyes
    Opinion

    Should in-house grow their own leaders?

    2013-08-23T10:58:00Z

    The reasons to promote internally are compelling, even if in-house succession planning presents challenges.

  • Opinion

    Marketing materials and meaningful value

    2013-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Reading through strategy adviser Nick Jarrett-Kerr’s article ‘In the nick of time’ in a recent edition of Managing for Success

  • Opinion

    £10 too wealthy for legal aid

    2013-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Today I received an application from an individual who was roughly £18 per month too wealthy to qualify for legal aid.

  • Opinion

    Embracing compliance - like going to the gym

    2013-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Much has been said and reported about the cost of regulatory compliance, but not so much about the benefits of compliance as a driver of quality and competitive advantage through creating better processes and controls. The SRA’s report Attitudes to regulation and compliance in legal services showed that the majority ...

  • News

    PII renewals: just like Christmas

    2013-07-22T00:00:00Z

    This week the staff asked when we are closing for Christmas. They want to make plans, and why not? 

  • Opinion

    Helping out litigants in person

    2013-07-15T00:00:00Z

    A report has been published by the Judicial Working Group on litigants in person. It explores possible judicial responses to the expected rise in litigants in person caused by the recent cuts to public funding for legal aid.

  • Opinion

    Using Google Analytics

    2013-07-15T00:00:00Z

    GA is a simple piece of code/script that drops a cookie onto a visitor, to track them and their behaviour whilst on your website.

  • News

    Law firms and cause-related marketing

    2013-06-17T00:00:00Z

    To most people CRM stands for ‘client relationship marketing’ and is a vitally important topic I have written about on a number of times. There is another lesser-known CRM, which stands for ‘cause-related marketing’, which is about connecting one organisation with a non-profit organisation or charity for the purposes of ...

  • News

    Stress and productivity

    2013-06-10T00:00:00Z

    A recent article about stress at work highlights the results of LawCare’s survey

  • News

    Results season matters more this year

    1998-06-28T00:00:00Z

    It’s law firm results season – with every day bringing news of financial results, for the top-100 firms in particular.

  • News

    It’s not enough to be a good lawyer

    1998-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Having read a number of pieces recently on diversity and the lack of women and ethnic minorities in senior leadership positions in the legal profession, I keep seeing similar comments about lack of these opportunities. The message seems to come across again and again that opportunities need to be offered ...