Guest post: Innovation makes you dodgy. Discuss Legal Business Those of you who follow my work closely (*hello mum and dad*) will observe that I am a cautious proponent…
Guest post: Osborne’s bizarre personal injury proposals Legal Business Many of us watched the Chancellor’s Spending Review speech because of controversial proposals such as cuts in tax credits for…
Guest post: Where now for personal injury lawyers? Legal Business It is two years and one month since the coalition government decided not to raise the small claims limit for…
Guest post: The future is uncertain – how to still make the decisions you’re putting off anyway Legal Business Presumably you make decisions all the time, in managing your matters, selecting strategies and tactics, and of course outside the…
Guest post: Privilege Games – In advisers we trust? Legal Business Two quotes on legal professional privilege caught my eye this week. First this from two lawyers at Herbert Smith Freehills…
Guest post: More questions than answers – the strange case of former Chief Legal Ombudsman Sampson Legal Business The first, and most important, thing to remind everyone before I dissect the events of the last few weeks is…
Harneys: British Virgin Islands positioned to become an international arbitration centre Legal Business Phillip Kite Global head of litigation and insolvency, Harneys [email protected] The British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) Arbitration Act 2013 came into…
Guest post: The secret to surviving in a new role Legal Business I speak to a lot of people who have recently moved into new roles. It is a tough period and…
Guest post: Why law firms need to be good at what they’re for Legal Business I’m currently preparing a webinar on getting and using feedback. It’s not a new subject – either to you or…
Guest post: Out of the shadows: are institutional clients influencing lawyers to the detriment of others? Legal Business Steven Vaughan and Claire Coe have conducted a study of senior commercial lawyers for – but independent of – the…
Guest post: introducing The Legal 500 Client Intelligence Report Legal Business The world’s largest legal market survey is now live. Following months of data collection, research, interviewing and analysis, the Client…
Guest post: Selling the bill – a method to help lawyers get rid of write-offs Legal Business A few years ago the managing partner of a mid-sized London firm said to me ‘The most important role a…
Guest post: Fraud unravels all: the Supreme Court divorce judgments in Sharland and Gohil Legal Business The Supreme Court has given two judgments – Sharland v Sharland, and Gohil v Gohil – about re-opening divorce settlements on the grounds…
Comment: K&L Gates’ Tony Griffiths on profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business Many centuries ago while studying law as an undergraduate, a particularly inspiring corporate law lecturer suggested that I might want…
The Legal 500 view: more choice and competition defines market Kathryn McCann The UK legal market now offers more choice than ever, and this is reflected in the 2015 edition of The…
Guest post: Asking the big question – what do clients want? Legal Business Engineers and theologians know how to find out. I listened with great interest last week to a presentation about a soon-to-be…
Guest Post: Michael Gove – the barrister’s best friend? Legal Business Legal Futures has gained exclusive access to what is believed to be the transcript of a secret meeting held recently…
Profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business K&L’s Tony Griffiths says the father of business theory has lessons Big Law would do well to learn Many centuries…
Bespoke, mobile and plugged in – the tech tools clients and staff will demand Guest Blog CMS’s Duncan Weston argues that a new attitude to technology will be essential for the best law firms Against a…
The legislative framework for ‘trapped’ property buyers Legal Business Andreas Haviaras and Stalo Papoui of Haviaras & Philippou discuss the new development in Cypriot property law. The main problem…
