All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 11
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NewsNational firm on minimum wage shame list
Austin Kemp Solicitors says isolated incident took place in 2016.
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NewsEmployee-owned firm hands staff a £4,000 bonus
Yorkshire firm converted to employee ownership two years ago and is already reporting financial benefits.
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NewsFee-sharing firm expands operations at home and abroad
London practice acquired and new office established in European capital.
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FeatureBalancing act
Innovate, communicate, and understand your costs. Joanna Goodman reports on how law firms can shore up their profit margins in a softening market.
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NewsHefty fine for law firm owner who relied on 2003 AML manual
Compliance officer fined £14,100 for breaching regulations for ‘longer than was reasonable’.
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FeatureWhite Ribbon Day 2023: changing the story for domestic abuse victims
International movement calls for an end to violence specifically against women and girls.
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NewsLegal ‘influencer’ focuses on non-regulated business after firm’s closure
Alice Stephenson says her regulated law firm was forced to close after HMRC called in tax debt.
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NewsHudgell latest to take employee-ownership route
Founder to transfer majority of shares in national firm to an employee ownership trust.
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NewsAxiom executive offers £1m guarantee to help plug Ince deal gap
Almost half the money agreed as part of the Ince acquisition remains outstanding, administrator reveals.
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FeatureNew duty on firms to prevent sexual harassment
For the first time, responsibility is flipped onto a firm to take action proactively, rather than to wait and see if any crisis emerges.
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NewsSisters see success after taking on their late mother’s firm
Andrea and Charlotte Fogg said there was no question of letting Liverpool firm close down.
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NewsDisability History Month: Society unveils guidance for disabled students
Law Society president Nick Emmerson says disabilities should not preclude entry into the legal profession.
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NewsJunior lawyers 'want right to refuse work for ethical reasons' - report
Report suggests environmental, social and governance is becoming an increasingly important metric to measure success.
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OpinionPrice points
Transparency Rules were introduced in 2018-19, yet over half of firms do not fully comply with the prices and services requirement. Why so?
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NewsIBA 2023: Big law firms ‘uneasy’ about profits as Covid boon fades
Annual law firm management survey also tracks shift away from financial KPIs and trend to appoint more non-lawyer partners.
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OpinionHow firms can support lawyers from less advantaged backgrounds
Hitting a diversity target isn’t the goal, it’s the starting point.