All Feature articles – Page 111
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FeatureLimited appeal
In the second of our series on law firm structures, Andrew Allen takes a look at the potential benefits and drawbacks of using a limited company as your core trading structure
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FeatureWho do you know?
David Gilroy explains how effective client relationship management can help you keep and win clients, and how to get it right in practice
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FeatureThe business end
Catherine Gannon talks to Diana Bentley about the challenges and rewards of setting up Gannons, a boutique firm working with private companies and small businesses
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FeatureAfter hours
The changes to solicitors’ CPD, from an hours-based to a competency-based regime, are now well under way. Nicola Jones outlines the practicalities of compliance with the new system, and the benefits it can bring for firms and the legal sector
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FeatureRocky road
In a volatile market, the expectations placed on solicitors can put a real strain on their practice. Paul Coombes explains how you can manage expectations and stay ahead in one of the most changeable areas of practice: residential conveyancing
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FeatureRemote control
In the second of our series on outsourcing for law firms, Kerry Underwood explains the benefits his firm realised through setting up an office in South Africa to undertake the firm’s back-office functions
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FeaturePaying the price
Clients are more demanding on fees than ever before, and that pressure shows no signs of waning. But how can you set pricing so it’s both acceptable to the client, and sufficiently profitable for the firm? Robert Mowbray outlines a three-step approach
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FeatureA tangled web
It has been said that there are two types of firms: those that know they have been attacked by cybercriminals, and those that don’t yet know. Francis Dingwall looks at how to prevent attacks, and how to mitigate them when they do happen
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FeatureTalking business: highlights from the spring conference
Mark Field, Civil Litigation Section committee member, rounds up the talking points from our spring conference, held on 29 April at Chancery Lane
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FeatureNew horizon for litigation funding?
Will the rise in civil court fees lead to litigation funders entering the small and medium-sized claims market, asks Rocco Pirozzolo
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FeatureThe price of justice: mitigating the impact of the new court fees
It remains to be seen whether higher fees will improve the courts service. What is evident, though, is that legal advisers acting for either a potential claimant or defendant need to be flexible in the way in which disputes are handled, both in respect of how they are resolved and ...
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FeatureDeep impact: court fee increases and small businesses
Commercial and civil litigator Keith Jones explains why, in the light of the court fee rises, he is now advising clients to wind-up their business rather than bringing a claim in the county court
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FeatureLitigation Funding magazine: 40% discount for Section members
Published every two months, Litigation Funding magazine offers you definitive guidance on the financing of civil litigation and essential cost issues. Dispute Resolution Section members receive an exclusive 40% discount.
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FeatureThird party funder hits back at court fee rises
John Kingston, head of investments at dispute resolution funder Vannin Capital, suggests what litigators can be doing now to mitigate the court fees hike
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FeatureAge old problem
Lucy Trevelyan examines the role of private client practitioners in cases of elder abuse, and looks at whether changing the safeguarding procedures will help or hinder vulnerable people – and their solicitors
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FeatureBack to Basics: Stamp duty land tax
Marlon Appleton provides a practical and detailed guide to SDLT for private client practitioners, as it relates to companies and gifting property, gifting between spouses, trustees, and options to purchase in wills
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FeatureGaining currency
Digital assets are an increasingly commonplace reality of will-drafting, but one type with which practitioners may be less familiar is the cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Ian Bond and Lucy Obrey explain what solicitors need to know about this emerging trend
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FeatureA delicate jurisdiction
Philip D’Arcy looks at the court’s powers to remove a trustee or personal representative
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FeatureRaising the FBAR
Many private client solicitors will now be familiar with FATCA reporting obligations. But, as Antony Eminowicz explains, your US clients may also be required by law to disclose details of their foreign bank accounts – and the deadline is looming