Practice management – Page 71
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NewsSociety recommends trainee pay minimum
Chancery Lane recommends that firms pay trainees at least £20,276 in London and £18,183 outside.
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NewsQualitySolicitors cuts annual losses
Accounts for 2014/15 show that the pioneering network remains dependent on its private equity owners.
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News‘Lobbying tsar’ fires warning to legal firms on new register
So far only one traditional law firm – magic circle outfit Clifford Chance – has joined the register of consultant lobbyists since it opened in March.
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NewsEY Law offers ‘access’ training contracts
EY Law has introduced a legal training contract which is open to all students with a degree – no matter what class they achieve.
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NewsLaw firms’ confidence at highest level since mid-1990s
Law firms are feeling more confident about their business prospects than at any time since at least the mid-1990s, according to a survey published today.
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NewsStudents miss out due to lost exam papers
Two students say they have missed out on getting any marks in one of the exam papers they took this summer after the University of Law in Birmingham lost their papers.
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NewsFirm puts barristers in website shop window
Criminal defence firm Old Bailey Solicitors has set up a website that showcases a selection of top barristers.
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NewsClient pressure putting City firms in danger of collapse – report
Many commercial firms are being forced to accept more risk from their clients, a report commissioned by the SRA shows.
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NewsHung jury in Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial
New York jury undecided on the most serious counts against three former executives at defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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NewsFirms not responding to digital age, annual snapshot shows
Just 23% of firms have made changes to how they operate to respond to the digital age, a survey compiled by PwC has revealed.
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NewsLawyers dismiss claim that sector is money laundering risk
Bodies representing the legal profession say national risk assessment based on intelligence shortcomings.
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FeatureLegal aid contract tendering – what next?
What can firms that don’t get new contracts do to challenge the decision?
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NewsCriminals raid 50 firms in cyberattacks this year – SRA
Regulator also concerned by lack of training in detecting money laundering schemes.
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FeatureRestraint of trade
Regulators are under pressure to justify restrictions on municipal entrepreneurialism.
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FeatureLLPs catch their second wind
It is hard to foresee rapid movement away from the LLP model in the short-term.
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FeatureAccess to new markets
Relaxing the separate business rule could increase choice, but will it confuse clients?
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NewsSmall firms must avoid ‘race to bottom’
Small firms will continue to provide the backbone of legal services – but they may look different in the future, Law Society president Jonathan Smithers told a conference session on the role of bar associations in supporting small firms.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens pop-up support centre
The new centre in Australia adds to the firm’s low-cost centre in Belfast.
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NewsEx-Dewey executives acquitted on several counts
Three executives at the now defunct firm cleared of numerous charges of falsifying business accounts.
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NewsIBA 2015: The accountants strike back
Law firms may have little to fear from the return of the big four accountancy firms to the professional services market, Law Society head of city and international Stephen Denyer told the session ‘Episode VII: the accountants strike back’. Denyer said he had seen first hand how previous assaults by ...