All Feature articles – Page 86
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FeatureMake your connection
Recent research has suggested that more could be done to clearly communicate legal issues to vulnerable clients. Helen Quinn and Gemma Jolly from Alzheimer’s Society explain how to improve your written and verbal skills to communicate effectively with people with dementia.
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FeatureMark your words
Drafting errors which affect the inheritance tax position can be costly for both solicitor and client. However, there are opportunities to correct things, explains Sarah Harrison
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FeatureCaught in the net
The annual tax on enveloped dwellings applies to UK residential properties held in corporate envelopes and carries yearly reporting obligations. Simon Leney identifies the tax’s traps.
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FeatureMyth busting
Trainee solicitor Estelle Chapman was initially sceptical when she took up a private client seat after months in corporate law. She explains how all her preconceptions were proved wrong, and makes the case for more trainees to embrace private client work.
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FeatureEthical exits - what to do when you lose key staff
Tracey Calvert looks at how to meet regulatory obligations when a fee earner leaves a legal business.
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FeaturePrice and service transparency - how will it affect you?
In late September, the SRA opened its three month consultation on improving the availability of information for consumers. Michael Lonergan, policy adviser, gives an overview of the consultation and encourages members to share their views on it.
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FeaturePrivate Client Section: elderly client care conference (20 October 2017, London)
The conference is aimed at solicitors who specialise in private client work and elderly client issues.
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FeatureWhat's my share?
Peter Reekie comments on the beneficial interest discussion in Insol Funding Company Ltd v Cowlam [2017] EWHC 1822 (Ch).
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Under pressure
Mental health problems are a growing issue for every sector, including the law, with its inherent high levels of stress. Paul Bennett looks at how managers in law firms can support their staff to mitigate mental health problems and their effects.
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FeatureMade to measure
In your financial reporting, do you focus on fees and hours? If so, you’re missing a trick, according to Andrew Otterburn. Focusing on gross profit can help you with everything from gearing to pricing, and productivity to teamwork.
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FeatureGift register
A risk register may seem like just another regulatory requirement, but an effective one can help you not only identify and mitigate risks, but also reduce your insurance premiums, build client loyalty, and reduce complaints. Pearl Moses explains.
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FeatureEyes on the prize
Have you protected your firm’s intellectual property? If not, do you know you could have to change your name or logo, or put up with competitors copying your innovations? Shireen Smith provides a beginner’s guide to intellectual property for law firms.
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FeatureCulture club
Do you know what the culture of your firm is? And does it help you deliver against your strategy, or does it hinder it? Andrew Hedley looks at how to analyse your current culture and achieve effective change.
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FeaturePlaying catch up
The new money laundering regulations have been in force for over three months, but is your firm compliant? Alison Matthews provides an overview of the requirements for law firms.
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FeaturePeople business
Simon Tupman argues for people being put before profit in law firms – and shows how doing so can give you a helping hand in everything from recruitment and retention to your bottom line.
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FeatureIn the balance
The legal press is full of stories about the risks of the new General Data Protection Regulation, but might there be an upside to compliance? Ann Harrison looks at the potential benefits – as well as the burdens and risks.
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FeatureFull steam ahead
Disruptive technologies have been a hot topic in the legal sector in recent years, but what does this mean for people working in the sector? Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells and Alexandra Whittington look at the risks – and the opportunities.
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FeatureCourse of action
The continuing competence regime, replacing the old CPD requirement, came into force nearly a year ago. Anna Gregory explains how her firm has embraced the new approach to introduce an experiential learning culture, including action learning.