All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 91
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OpinionWe are all Edward Snowden’s lawyer
Recent revelations of government spying raise concerns about attorney-client privilege, writes Jonathan Goldsmith. What are bar associations doing to help protect it?
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Salaried entry point to ‘dynamic’ law career
A national firm is to employ 10 school-leavers on a starting salary of £12,000 as part of a legal apprenticeship scheme to produce trained paralegals.
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NewsLawyers can ‘exert undue influence’ on elderly
Lawyers sometimes ‘exert undue influence’ on elderly clients to force them to make decisions, the Legal Ombudsman warns.
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News‘Dispersed’ pioneer Keystone to become an ABS
Commercial firm Keystone Law, which pioneered the ‘virtual’ model of organisation, is to become an alternative business structure in October.
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Profession warned to learn from coalition legacy debacle
Probate specialists have warned of the need to learn lessons from the debacle of a £520,000 bequest to ‘the government of the day’.
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NewsLawyer fined £5,000 in ombudsman case
A lawyer has been found in contempt of court and fined £5,000 plus costs in an action brought by the Office of the Legal Ombudsman.
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NewsPicture looks rosiest for India’s lawyers
India’s senior lawyers enjoy the highest earnings relative to their country’s wealth coupled with the highest confidence in their job security, according to a new survey.
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NewsLegal aid reforms at odds with Cameron’s SME targets
Reforms to legal aid are at odds with the prime minister’s ambition to break big businesses’ stranglehold on government contracts, we reveal.
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FeatureHow to: Outsource legal work
Legal process outsourcing has matured and evolved from the traditional offshore provider model
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NewsFirms warned to tackle lock-up days
Small and mid-tier firms are being warned to tighten financial practices, with a large proportion running up excessive amounts of unbilled work. The firm’s experts said economic pressure was causing some firms to lower their client acceptance barriers, leading to working capital issues further down the line ...
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NewsTax changes for LLPs ‘will damage UK’
Legislation to alter the tax rules for limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will have ‘far- reaching’ implications for the legal and business community
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NewsJacoby & Meyers makes inroads into Europe
Pioneering US firm Jacoby & Meyers has announced plans for a joint venture with a UK firm as it expands its operation into the European market.
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Accountancy giants consider ABS moves
Two of the UK’s major accountancy firms are considering applications to become providers of regulated legal services.
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Scepticism in partner hires leads to record drop
Scepticism in the value created by partner hires has led to a record fall in the number of recruits during the first half of 2013, according to research.
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OpinionLeader: Time for innovation – and good judgement
Most headline news from the legal sector has been on the gloomy side since 2008.
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Small law firms eye mergers
The proportion of small firms expecting to merge has doubled in six months, according to new figures from the Law Consultancy Network.
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NewsCharity sets up its own law practice
A Leicester charity has become the first such not-for-profit organisation to set up and own a law firm.
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NewsLawyers Online in £2m TV relaunch
Long-established legal internet service provider Lawyers Online has relaunched itself as a referral site for legal services.
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No welcome in the valleys for national firms, research finds
Welsh lawyers are unhappy with their government’s efforts to encourage English firms to expand into the country, a new study has found.