Practice Management

F-LEX was born when I was sitting in my law firm at 5pm with 38 bundles which needed to be prepared for 9am the following day and I knew I had a long night ahead of me. I looked out the window [...]

In the Tolley’s Bellweather Report solicitors believe 33% of their business on average is won purely on price rather than on the expertise of the firm. A telling 26% of those surveyed did not [...]

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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 [...]