Practice management – Page 53
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NewsKWM administrator's report reveals £1.2m pay out for advisers
Unsecured creditors 'unlikely’ to be paid due to estimated claims from preferential creditors, report states.
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FeatureDeveloping picture
Solicitors no longer have to count their CPD hours. Grania Langdon-Down reports on how this is affecting training and shaping the market for providers
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FeatureSociety spotlight: Mentoring scheme
As the Law Society’s mentoring scheme opens to new applications, Eduardo Reyes looks at different models and their benefits
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NewsFirms stash away £94k for a rainy day
Annual research also finds profits per equity partner increasing due to extra volumes of work.
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NewsSlater and Gordon boss won't quit - but rival ABS loses two leaders
Two alternative business structures linked to the stock market respond to speculation about top-level changes.
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OpinionConveyancing fraud judgment should put all firms on red alert
Indemnity insurers will want to see that firms involved in conveyancing are making adequate checks.
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NewsSRA ready with new enforcement plan for errant solicitors
Publication of survey shows where the public and profession believe the regulator should set its priorities.
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NewsQualitySolicitors founder member quits to return to 'core roots'
Yorkshire firm says network membership was a benefit, but the time is right to depart.
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FeatureEmployee ownership: stake holders
Law firms slow to embrace employee ownership schemes are missing a trick.
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NewsBolton law firm Asons ceases trading in 'fresh start'
Personal injury firm at centre of council grant row under new ownership.
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NewsIndemnity insurers secure key PII Supreme Court ruling
Case brought by 214 property investors against their solicitors.
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Lack of career progression ‘driving women to competitors’
International firm highlights business case for better gender balance.
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NewsMarketing and startup specialist to chair complaints body
Wanda Goldwag named as preferred candidate to chair Office for Legal Complaints.
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NewsJobs threatened as Minster Law closes home base
Redundancies likely as Yorkshire operation centralises to cut overheads.
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Women own more than a third of law firms
Figure well ahead of the 21% average for female ownership across small businesses as a whole.
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Bolton law firm hit by wasted costs orders
Asons Solicitors has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that it had received a £300,000 grant from Bolton Council.
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NewsMills & Reeve snaps up Maxwell Winward to create £93m firm
Combined practice will have headcount of nearly 1,000, including more than 100 partners.
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NewsWomen’s Day: solicitor-advocate makes the bench at just 31
Briony Clarke is the youngest female judge at the age of 31.
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NewsWomen’s Day: work allocation ‘prevents unconscious bias’
Solicitors voice interest in diversity initiative at Law Society event to mark International Women’s Day, as data reveal one-third of firms now female-owned.
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NewsMorgan Lewis embraces flexible working
Associates in UK and US will be able to work from home for up to two days a week.