In the next instalment of Simon Tupman’s Law Chat series, Simon chats with Debra Dorrington about the influential role that lawyers play in advising clients in the foreshadow of climate risk how global factors can impact their decision-making. You can…

Over the last eight months, law firm managing partners have had to deal with a range of issues at break neck speed! Fortunately, so far finance hasn’t been high on the list because many firms are doing well, however...

In this post Helene Russell, our specialist in knowledge, learning and innovation, offers some top tips to encourage your staff to speak up and share their brilliant ideas and stop them being paralysed by their perfectionism. “Failure is not a…

Unfortunately, we still see many firms approach to this limited to not much more than a standard letter that begins “Dear client, we hope you are well. As you know, inflation last year was 2.7%…” Notwithstanding the latest lockdown, we…

We have no choice now but to make virtual collaborations work. But how? This post from Helene Russell, Knowledge Learning and Innovation specialist, draws together 5 top tips from law firm leaders. I’ve been gathering some thoughts from practitioners and…

In the sixth instalment of the Law Chat webcast series, Simon chats with Professor Richard Susskind on the future of legal services and the courts. You can watch the full video by clicking here or on the video below:…

There is a quite extraordinary paradox at play here. On the one hand you would expect many lawyers, particularly those that are long in the tooth, to be quite pessimistic, negative and cynical with a hardwired expectation that most...

In an article first published on Validatum, pricing consultant Richard Burcher explores the question of who is responsible for profitability within a law firm and what firms can do to improve financial management. Legal PR firm, Byfield Consultancy, has just…

In the fifth instalment of the Law Chat webcast series, Simon Tupman explores client-centricity and what defines a successful law firm with George Beaton and Jon Huxley. You can watch the full video by clicking here or on the video…

Okay, perhaps that’s a little rough, suggesting that clients deliberately conceal their real wishes or are plain dishonest about them, but maybe a fairer description would be mercurial – ‘tending to change mood suddenly’ according to the Concise OED. This…