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OpinionCounting the cost
Law Management Section chair Chris Hart discusses this issue’s financial focus, and bids farewell as chair of the Section
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FeatureIt all adds up
Despite the sombre headlines of financial woe we were faced with last year, 2013 saw the UK economy grow and the professional services sector perform strongly. Can they both be right? Barry Wilkinson looks at what exactly is going on
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FeatureBetter safe…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s focus on financial stability is part of a wider change to the regulatory environment, and what compliance means in practice. George Bull explains how to assess your firm against the regulator’s risk indicators
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FeatureLife partners
Andrew Allen discusses the impact on law firms of the partnership changes announced in the autumn statement, including to the self-employment status of LLP members, and to the operation of ‘mixed partnerships’
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FeatureCash in hand
Cashflow is the lifeblood of any business, and a lack thereof can be a key reason for financial instability. Behind good cashflow are effective cash management policies and a culture set up to deliver them. Barry Wilkinson and Robert Banner explain how to show your firm the money
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FeatureBack to Basics: Exit strategies
Mergers, acquisitions and law firm closures are at unprecedented levels, given the strategic changes that have taken and continue to take place in the legal industry. So, what steps should you take if you’re considering winding up your law firm?
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FeatureRunning Wild
Geoff Wild on Kent County Council’s innovative model, offering legal services to other public bodies
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FeatureMulti-tasking?
Ian Muirhead asks why multi-disciplinary practices have been less popular than they were seemingly envisaged to be by the Legal Services Act, and presents a personal view on the role of joint ventures between solicitors and independent financial advisers
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FeatureCrossing the void
Your law firm could reap rewards in everything from staff motivation to client satisfaction by implementing cross-selling initiatives. Sue Bramall outlines the five key building blocks to get started
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FeatureNew obligations
By 2018, all UK firms will be required to enrol all eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme. Georgina Beechinor looks at how these changes and developments will affect law firms, and what you should be doing now to prepare
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FeatureCareless talk
Social media is now a key communications and marketing channel for most law firms, but not all of them anticipate or seek to mitigate the major risks it could pose to their business. Ray O’Connor explains
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Law Society respond to call for evidence on the draft Modern Slavery Bill
Background The Joint Committee The committee is comprised of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords and has been formed to scrutinise the Government’s draft Modern Slavery Bill and make recommendations for its improvement The draft Modern Slavery Bill The draft Bill proposes to consolidate and simplify ...
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AnalysisSpotlight: Blankley v Central Manchester & Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
Is a solicitor’s retainer automatically terminated if their client loses mental capacity during the course of the retainer?
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Redress Schemes for Property Management Work etc (England) Order 2013
Provision is made for approved redress schemes for dealing with complaints by consumers against lettings agents and property management agents, who must be members of such a scheme.
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Spencer v Taylor
The Court of Appeal has considered what type of section 21 notice should be given to end an assured shorthold tenancy.
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Mobile Homes (Site Rules) (England) Regulations 2014
Site owners will be prevented from using site rules inappropriately to the disadvantage of mobile home owners from 4 February 2014.
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Sunlife Europe Properties Ltd v Tiger Aspect Holdings Ltd
The claimant landlord commenced proceedings against its former tenant to recover the cost of work required to put the property back in the state it would have been in had the defendant tenant complied with its repair obligations.
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Balog v Birmingham City Council
The Court of Appeal held that Birmingham City Council had considered the issue of affordability when considering whether the respondent had made himself intentionally homeless.
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EU Plants Ltd v Wokingham Borough Council
A judicial review application relating to alleged abuse of tree preservation order powers by a local authority.
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AnalysisServing a section 21 notice - good news for landlords
Peter Reekie examines a recent case clarifying the required notice to terminate a type of assured shorthold tenancy