All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 72
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NewsNegligence claims against law firms halve
But firms have not yet seen the back of financial crisis-related claims, City firm RPC warns.
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FeatureRoundtable: planning for growth
How should law firms grow? Are mergers best or could they even issue 10-year bonds?
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NewsTop earnings at BLP up 29% as profits rise
Operating profits at the firm rose by 15% in 2014/15.
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NewsReed Smith cuts 45 lawyer jobs in restructure
Job losses follow a review of the firm’s staffing model to help it remain competitive.
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NewsTalent-spotting is top practice priority
Recruitment, retention and succession planning are the most urgent issues for law firms in 2016, according to a survey.
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NewsCreditors bear £300m cost of law firm collapses
Returns in the legal sector well below the average when controversial pre-pack administrations are deployed.
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FeatureSaudi Arabia – desert kingdom
Saudi Arabia is a challenging environment in which to advise, but economic liberalisation is creating new opportunities.
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Opinion‘Traditional’ law firm virtues
Liberalisation has shown there is no ‘quick buck’ to be made in the law.
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FeatureHow to: make hot-desking work
What if you left for work not knowing where you would be sitting that day? We looks at the pros and cons of hot-desking.
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OpinionWould you choose pay over perks?
Survey raises interesting question about the importance of workplace benefits.
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NewsLawyers prefer cash over perks – survey
Higher salaries and bonuses more important than free food and early finishes.
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NewsUS firm seeks UK whistleblowers for claims
Phillips & Cohen’s London office will help the firm represent UK clients wanting to take whisteblowing claims to court in the US.
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NewsFieldfisher doubles top earnings as profits soar
Operating profits for the firm rose by 40% in 2014/15.
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NewsHalf of legal staff plan to move jobs, survey shows
Lack of opportunities in the current role is top motivation for restlessness.
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News‘Naïve’ solicitor suspended over unauthorised ABS
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rules that Jayne Okacha ‘abdicated her professional responsibilities'.
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NewsLeO shelves bid to become compliant ADR entity
Client care letters will need to signpost another ‘ADR entity’.
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NewsCardiff backs Geldards jobs with £127,000
Firm is latest to receive business finance from the Welsh government to create and safeguard jobs.
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FeatureThe highs and lows of obtaining an ABS licence
Thorneycroft Solicitors secured its ABS licence two years after first approaching the SRA. Rachel Stow shares the highs and lows of the process