Legal services

Articles

30 Mar 2016

Stealing from the dead

The government has coined yet another tax on death. Can they think of no better way to raise money than to make probate a more grim experience?

30 Mar 2016

Do you link?

Social media is one of the best, most professionally appropriate and widely used self-promotion tools there is. What's your excuse for not using it?

30 Mar 2016

'Not my bag'

Professionals who choose to categorise themselves according to their strengths are harmful to business development. They need a nudge

17 Mar 2016

Costs pressure

A cap on the amount of money a solicitor can recover following civil litigation could lead to premature settlements and under-investigation

16 Mar 2016

Losers snooze

What will it take to rouse the legal profession from its slumber?

1 Mar 2016

A cut above

A combination of varied skills and qualities are required to make it to the highest echelons of a firm, the most crucial being the ability to gain trust

17 Feb 2016

A whole new world of money

Bitcoin is not simply a digital currency. The technology behind it has the potential to revolutionise private client affairs beyond recognition, explains James Brockhurst

15 Feb 2016

Scent of war

The sniping between the Law Society and the SRA stinks of two professional bodies fighting for their own future, not the future of the profession