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As many of you know, I suffer from inflammatory bowel disease which means I must be careful what I eat. I am intolerant of gluten, dairy and eggs. This makes life interesting when I am travelling [...]

Competition in the legal sector continues to increase. This competition has led to a constant downward pressure on the fees that lawyers can charge. While this is painful as it can quickly erode [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Perhaps the war gave the word ‘collaborator’ a nasty edge but in the 21st century what can we achieve on our own? Collaboration is the way we share knowledge and skills to get the job done. [...]

I am a lucky person. I am not stuck in an office all day every day – I get the chance to get out and about around the country meeting with all kinds of private client practitioners. Take this [...]