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Compliance in practice – the ten-year milestone

Ten years after the SRA's Handbook was published, Tracey Calvert argues that constant vigilance is needed to uphold compliance.

How incremental innovation can benefit law firms

Jenny Hotchin explores various methods of incremental innovation which firms can benefit from. 

Employee Ownership Trusts: A new company ownership model

Andrew Evans assesses the positives of EOTS as a business ownership model, while warning of potential traps for the unwary. 

Solicitors Indemnity Fund: The end of the line with the insurance industry?

Roger Flaxman explores the decline of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund and whether it will be sustained. 

Achieving regulatory fairness: a disproportionately slow process?

Gideon Habel argues structural reforms are needed to address overrepresentation within the legal sector.

Whiteboard tools: Why they should be part of the legal toolkit

Jack Shepherd explores how whiteboard tools can be an effective and accessible resource for the legal sector.

Courts: The flaws of extended operating hours

Tony Wyatt argues that extended operating hours will have negative consequences for those in the profession.

Running a legal office on a paperless basis

Archie Millar discusses the benefits of using a paperless system via cloud in helping meet clients' needs and reducing space requirements and overheads.