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FeatureThe test of time
Joanne Hunter outlines how making three small changes to how your fee-earners value, manage and record their time could make your firm more than £111,000 extra per year for every one of your fee-earners
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FeaturePiece of mind
One simple technique can help lawyers with everything from stress to client care, time management to leadership: mindfulness. Martin Stepek, in conversation with Peter Nicholson, explains how it works, and how he has implemented it in his firm.
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FeatureSilver service
Clients are rarely able to judge you on how well you know the law, but they can judge you on how well you look after them: your opening hours, how your reception looks, the clarity of your communications. Kerry Underwood offers his tips for top-quality client service
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FeatureTaking shape
Patricia Kinahan and Andrew Allen discuss the relative merits of an LLP and a limited company – or both – as trading structures for law firms, and how to make the best decision for your business
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FeatureSmall wonder
How can smaller law firms compete in today’s challenging market? Focus, innovate, collaborate and dare to be different, according to Edward O’Rourke
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FeatureThe march of progress
Recruiting and retaining the best lawyers and identifying the partners of tomorrow is vital for all legal businesses. Ian Hopkins describes how he approached the issue when he took on the chief executive role in an established firm
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OpinionAn unqualified success
Law Management Section chair Robert Banner rounds up the Section’s annual conference in April
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Event
Civil court structure review with Lord Justice Briggs
Following his Interim Report on the civil court structure review, Lord Justice Briggs will be addressing solicitors on the main themes contained in his review: the online court, case officers, number of civil courts, routes of appeal, enforcements, and boundaries. This is an opportunity for members to hear directly from ...
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FeatureCosts budgeting, proportionality and hourly rates in high value cases
Kerry Underwood discusses a recent High Court judgment which makes some thorough comments on proportionality, guideline hourly rates and other issues in assessing costs budgets. What could it mean for costs management?
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AnalysisBolt Burdon Solicitors v Tariq & Ors [2016] EWHC 811 (QB)
The court upholds a contingency fee agreement whereby the solicitors billed £498,083.52, whereas on a time basis the total would have been around £50,000.00 - an 800 per cent uplift
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AnalysisSpotlight: Purrunsing v 1) A’Court & Co; 2) House Owners Conveyancers Ltd [2016] EWHC 789 (Ch)
In the first reported case concerning a breach of trust by a seller’s solicitors of duties owed to the buyer, the court found the solicitors liable. Douglas Rhodes looks at the important lessons all conveyancers should take away from the decision
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AnalysisDishonest discharge
The High Court has ruled that Land Registry can sue conveyancers for mortgage representations - a reminder of the care that needs to be taken when making representations, says Peter Reekie
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FeatureThis is the future
Tony Guise provides a taster of what to expect at his session at the Section spring conference on 21 April, on the future of the civil courts
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FeatureMediation: Preparing to mediate (part 2) - On the day
In the second of a three-part series on effective mediation strategies, Amanda Bucklow considers how you can make the mediation day the best opportunity for certainty of outcome for your client.
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FeatureMediation: Preparing to mediate (part 1)
There are several strategies that legal professionals can adopt before, during and after a mediation which will ensure the best possible use of your time and resources. In the first of a three-part article, mediator Amanda Bucklow shares her top pre-mediation day planning tips
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FeatureMediation: Preparation and good practice
Mark Jackson-Stops, mediator and founder of mediation chambers In Place of Strife, provides an in-depth guide to the vital points you and your client must consider prior to mediation
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FeatureRSVP: 'I accept'
It’s clear from recent case law that the courts will judge unfavourably those parties that do not engage in mediation. Mark Field explains why, if you receive an offer to mediate, you should accept it and do so promptly
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Mediation: where do I begin?
There are many mediators for hire out there. But who should you choose, and how much should you pay for their services? Nigel Broadbent, director at Lupton Fawcett Denison Till and heads of the Dispute Management Department, shares his advice
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FeatureBook review: LinkedIn for Lawyers – Developing a Profile to Grow Your Practice
Can LinkedIn help lawyers improve their practice in an efficient and cost effective way, or is it a time-consuming luxury? Barry Wilkinson reviews LinkedIn for Lawyers - Developing a Profile to Grow Your Practice (by Emily Miller and Kirsten Hodgson) and offers his verdict