Practice Management

It can be tricky to find the right cover when it comes to unoccupied properties, as they often come with extra risks that occupied homes do not. When it comes to working with clients who might [...]

We all know that competition for legal services is getting hotter. Whether we like it or not the SRA is requiring price transparency in respect of certain legal services from December 2018. From [...]

Lawyers naturally want to be paid more. Firms want to make more money as well to increase partner profits. To achieve these goals, many firms will establish bonus schemes that are designed to [...]

Legal Secretaries are the backbone of any law firm and have been since time immemorial. Everyone knows that, right? However, gone are the traditional legal secretarial roles of answering phones, [...]

Working in an office environment can be a wonderful way of working, particularly if the team you have is a productive, motivated and competent one. Particularly in the legal and insurance [...]

Fundamentally, in any kind of conflict case you should be evaluating whether the case is ripe for settlement, including mediation or not. Sometimes if you have a litigation case which has been [...]

At a recent meeting with a mid-size legal firm the managing partner was asked what was the one thing about his legal practice that kept him awake at night. Expecting the answer to be the threat [...]

Paralegals are defined as ‘persons who are trained and educated to perform legal tasks, but who are not qualified solicitors, barristers or chartered legal executives’. These well trained and [...]

What does it take to become an expert? Some would argue that it is 10,000 hours of practice but Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers really only suggested this was what it took for the Dodds and [...]

Most firms are fast approaching their year end. As this time of year approaches, hopefully the profits earned are satisfactory and mean that the firm can afford to invest so that it can continue [...]