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OpinionMembers first
Robert Banner looks back at the Section’s annual conference, and provides an update on the Section committee, business planning and the Financial Benchmarking Survey 2016
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FeatureWeights and measures
Key performance indicators are an essential tool to help you understand how your business is performing, and make improvements to everything from profits to client care. Bernard Marr provides a practical guide – and outlines some of the common pitfalls
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FeatureBench press
Our 2016 Financial Benchmarking Survey is now open for contributions. We asked a law firm partner and a legal consultant why and how they use the survey to support their work
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FeatureLook before you leap
Law firm partners are increasingly likely to embark on a second career once retirement looms, but the transition can be daunting for both the individual and the firm. Ava Madon looks at the phenomenon, and how to manage it in practice
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FeatureForward march
New Section committee member Jonathan Beck offers his take-home messages from this year’s Law Management Section Annual Conference
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FeatureOnly connect
Many law firms spend most of their online marketing budget on search engine optimisation and pay-per-click advertising. But Graham Jones advocates for a different approach, which could cost you nothing and generate far more business
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FeatureOn auto-pilot?
Pensions auto-enrolment has been in force for over three years, but the implementation date for many smaller firms is this October. Are you ready? Zoe Bodycote provides a beginner’s guide to the scheme and the steps you need to take
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FeatureJLD case study: How I qualified by Equivalent Means
We speak to Robert Houchill, the first paralegal to qualify by the new SRA qualification standard.
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AnalysisBegum v Hossain [2015] EWCA Civ 717
This case is an usual case of the court upholding a challenge to an expert determination, and a reminder of the limited grounds on which an expert determination can be challenged
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FeatureNew CPR 3.1A - clearer court proceedings for litigants in person?
A new CPR 3.1A is coming into force on 1 October, setting out case management powers when dealing with litigants in person. Gareth Raisbeck puts the new rule under the microscope - will it lead to smoother court proceedings?
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Event
Behavioural economics - beauty or beast? (10 March 2015)
Dr Mike Walker of the Competition and Markets Authority and Mat Hughes of AlixPartners on behavioural economics
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NewsCare Act funding reforms pushed back to 2020
The introduction of a cap on social care costs - a key government election manifesto - is postponed after outcry from local authorities
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FeatureWorking with Salford Business Centre: top tips
HM Courts & Tribunal Services has produced a list of top tips on how to work effectively with the County Court Money Claims Centre in Salford, and secure the best possible and fastest service
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AnalysisSpotlight: King v Chiltern Dog Rescue
The Court of Appeal has overturned a claim for donatio mortis causa (DMC) and added clarity to the law in this area. Clara Staunton, solicitor at Myerson, explains
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NewsTake my advice
Simon Leney bids farewell to longstanding clients – a reminder that clients don’t always accept the advice they are given