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US law firms should look to the future and embrace non-lawyer ownership

By Michael Angelides, Managing Shareholder, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd

People and profits: How HR programmes can increase firm profits

HR director Simon Nash of Carey Olsen looks at the impact of HR programmes on firm profitability

COLP and COFA nominations open on 31 May

SRA executive director Samantha Barrass announced today that firms would be able to nominate compliance officers from 31 May 2012, with a closing date of 31 July, during a keynote speech delivered at the Ark Group COLP and COFA Conference in London.

Clarke makes two major concessions on legal aid bill

The coalition government has, for the first time, made major changes to the drastic programme of cuts contained in its legal aid bill. The bill had been amended 11 times by the House of Lords.

Business as unusual: Business continuity during the Olympics

Nick Brook, head of facilities management at Mills & Reeve, explores how to tackle the business challenges posed by the 2012 Olympics

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Re JC highlights the difficulties of applying the best-interests test in applications for statutory wills, says Joseph Goldsmith

Napier to consider cap on contingency fees

Michael Napier, former chairman of Irwin Mitchell, will chair the first meeting today of a Civil Justice Council (CJC) working party set up to increase the use of contingency fees, a key recommendation of the Jackson report.

Look beneath the surface and identify the foundations of people's actions

By Ron Taylor, Author, Leadership: Stories, Lessons and Uncommon Sense