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10 Oct 2016

Lawyers and clients disagree over 'value for money'

Latest statistics reveal difference of opinion on the service offered to clients

6 Oct 2016

Rearranging deckchairs on HMS Prosecution

Why is the Crown Prosecution Service recruiting corporate lawyers who couldn't find a post after qualification rather than drawing from an experienced pool of defence practitioners, asks Jonathan Black

23 Sept 2016

Onward, comrades

Lawyers want a new form of representation, but are those in charge listening to them, asks John van der Luit-Drummond

12 May 2016

All good things

Nothing lasts forever, but this does mean that they must be forgotten

11 May 2016

A spent force

Promotion to partnership no longer brings the perks and rewards it once did, so what do we do with an unmotivated band of staff?

11 May 2016

Hung out to dry

The huge increase in litigants in person is a direct result of LASPO, not a rise in savvy litigants who simply choose to go it alone

6 May 2016

Sometimes, you have to break a few eggs

The historical law firm model is to blame for the commercial predicament the industry finds itself in. Dramatic change is the only way to undo decades of inertia

5 May 2016

Get creative

The nature of private client work makes it tricky to market a firm and all the services on offer, but it's certainly not impossible