July 2025

MFS magazine cover – July 2025

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What’s in a name?

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Abby Winkworth reflects on the practical insights included in this edition of the magazine

Features

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Honing healthy habits

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Stressed at work? Julian Hall explains ways to improve our emotional health and build resilience, including a simple-but-effective way to deal with difficult people

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Trial by media

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Victoria Moffatt explains what reputation is, why it’s important and how law firm leaders can employ a strong reputation to grow their business

Lucy Trevelyan

Double act

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Lucy Trevelyan speaks to Karen Bexley and Anna Beaumont about their experiences running a boutique law firm

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Trust issues

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Emma Egerton-Jones shares her simple six-step framework to help law firm leaders build trust and increase their influence with both employees and clients

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Pressing issues

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Dealing with the media can be daunting. Diana Bentley details how to improve your interviews, present yourself and your firm professionally and generally become more media-savvy

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Private eye

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Paul Bennett and Andrew Roberts examine how the increase in firms backed by private equity investors is changing the face of law firm provision

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Work in progress

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Amy Wren looks at what the Employment Rights Bill means for employers

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All aboard

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Bob Spence examines the challenges of onboarding law firms into new technologies

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Executive regulation

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Matthew Edwards considers proposals for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to take over the regulation of legal executives

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