All Feature articles – Page 57
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FeatureAction stations
Kevin Parish provides a broad round-up of what law firms should be doing now to recover and rebuild post-COVID-19, covering everything from your business plan to flexible working, and from lock-up to property
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FeatureBefore and after
Back in March 2020, Victoria Moffatt posted a list of predictions on how the pandemic would affect the legal sector. Here, she looks back at which have come true, and what she thinks might be next for the sector in 2021
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Content is king
Many of the traditional channels for business development were shut down or limited in the pandemic. Douglas McPherson looks at how to use one channel always open to law firms: content marketing
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FeatureFirst impressions count
What makes a strong and effective law firm website? Nick Francis provides a simple guide to assessing your site and identifying areas for improvement, to make sure your site showcases your firm and helps you win clients
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FeatureDistance learning
The pandemic has presented challenges for all of us, and the heightened stress has led to an increase in conflict – exacerbated by not being physically together. Julian Hall looks at conflict in the workplace, and how to foster healthy conflict
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FeatureDream machine
Adrian Hextall looks at how technology has supported businesses in 2020, and what might lie ahead for technology in professional services
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FeatureFirst peek
The 2021 Law Management Section Financial Benchmarking Survey will be published in the next couple of months. In the meantime, Andy Harris, author of the report, shares some of the early findings
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FeatureIt’s good to talk
In the second of our series on conversations about mental health, Lubna Gem Arielle looks at common myths around mental health, and provides a model for having a conversation with a colleague about their mental health
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FeatureMoore the merrier
Lucy Trevelyan talks to Helen Goatley and Ed Whittington from Moore Barlow about completing a merger during a global pandemic
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FeatureNew year’s revolution
The start of the year is traditionally a time to make resolutions. But in a time of uncertainty in the market, our businesses and ourselves, how can we build a sense of hope and positivity for the year ahead? Anita Sheehan explains how self-worth can help
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FeaturePower source
There has been a certain amount of historical reluctance on the part of some law firms to outsource services to a third party, but with the huge changes inflicted on the legal profession in 2020, the tide seems to be turning, explains Duncan Wood
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FeatureWorking the problem
Diana Bentley investigates how law firms have responded to the pandemic, the changes they have made, and how they plan to develop further in 2021
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FeatureGuidance for deputies: Hourly rates
The recent decision in the cases of PLK & Ors has opened up a new approach to hourly rates. Andrew Bennetts looks at how financial and property affairs deputies can recover costs, even with a retainer in place
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FeatureOvercoming the burden of administration in death
Estate management is a time-consuming business, but the digitisation of death will accelerate in the coming years, claims Tremayne Carew Pole, founder of Life Ledger. He looks at how the process is changing in the private as well as the public sector
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FeatureGuidance for deputies: Instructing your own firm post-Re ACC
Since Re ACC, the steps a deputy must take before instructing another legal team have changed. Bethan Phillips looks at how this impacts property transactions, tax returns, and continuing healthcare and education challenges.
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FeatureLaw firm debt and funding: is there a tiff on the horizon between firms and banks?
Andrew Allen looks at how the debt profile of many law firms has changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, how this has affected the relationship between law firms and banks, and what firms can do to address their debt and funding now
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FeatureFive ways in which the legal office is changing
Law firms are beginning to recognise that COVID-19 has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reset how and where work is done. Ann Clarke, director of future workplace at Claremont, which specialises in legal office interior design, shares five ways that legal offices are changing as a result of ...
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FeatureBest-laid plans: the importance of planning for law firms
Business growth coach Karl Morris explains the strategic importance of effective planning for law firms.
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FeatureGuideline hourly rates again under the microscope
Roman Kubiak looks at the recent decision in Cohen v Fine and others [2020] EWHC 3278 (Ch), an appeal from a first-instance decision in which the High Court proposed an increase to the guideline hourly rates.
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Feature2021 supervision
Dorothea Bannerman-Bruce looks at how firms can supervise while offering hybrid working