News
18 May 2012
The Stobart Group, best known for its brightly-coloured Eddie Stobart lorries, has decided to enter the legal services market by setting up a fixed-fee barrister-only litigation service.
News
11 May 2012
Fixed-fee packages for divorce should be tailored to clients individual circumstances, family lawyers have said as a new initiative is launched today offering legal advice at a guaranteed flat rate.
Feature
23 April 2012
Chris Owen explains how ABSs can serve the Bar as other external pressures force a culture of change
Feature
23 April 2012
More effective communication from the LSB is needed to stamp out delays and uncertainty,says Susanna Heley
Feature
16 April 2012
Instant Law sprung on to the legal radar just over a month ago, seemingly out of nowhere, when it set up a service offering legal advice by webcam in Birmingham central library. Visitors can now pop into a secure phone box installed on library...
Feature
16 April 2012
Legal Services Act pioneers Neil Kinsella and Tim Oliver remind us why law firms, like any other businesses, should regard innovation as a positive step
News
13 April 2012
New service will be free of charge to clients and funded through fee paid by participating law firms
Instant Law, the videoconferencing service launched last month to provide legal advice by webcam, aims to be present in 100 public libraries by the...
Feature
10 April 2012
Three-partner firm John Welch & Stammers was one of the first three organisations to be licensed as an alternative business structure by the SRA last month. New non-lawyer managing partner Bernadette Summers gives her account of the application...
News
10 April 2012
Regulator has 'outlived original purpose' and 'bulk of objectives' already met
Feature
10 April 2012
Firms should regard the new requirement to have a risk register and a compliance plan as an opportunity to improve efficiencies, however unclear the SRA's regulatory expectations are, says Stuart Bushell
News
2 April 2012
Trio reflects regulator’s early message that ABSs are not just about new entrants
Feature
2 April 2012
They may be diminishing in size, but the shows nonetheless offer valuable opportunities, and March saw several arrive in London. Damian Blackburn reports
