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Number of law firms declines to 2007 level

'Fiercer competition in the legal market than ever before'

Tunnel vision

Practitioners must be confident when discussing the non-financial aspects of end-of-life planning with clients, particularly when they want to avert the Liverpool Care Pathway, says Carol McBride

150 firms in 'very significant financial difficulty', SRA says

'We will not tolerate the reckless trading of firms into insolvency'

The power of using values to drive post-merger integration

By Andrew Hedley, Director, Hedley Consulting

Rethinking pricing: Why fixed fees and value pricing are not pricing innovations

Fixed fees and value pricing should not be treated as pricing innovations, says Chris Howe

'Extremely difficult' to persuade courts to revise costs budgets

Other approach could make 'nonsense' of costs management, Coulson J warns

PI Focus | Contingency fees: don't bother or downright brilliant agreements?

Once deemed unlawful, damages-based agreements have a chequered past. Greg Cox asks whether Jacksons contingency fees stand to change the PI costs culture

PI Focus | Sink or swim

The new costs regime is now in place and key stakeholders agree that this is the time for personal injury lawyers to step up to the challenge and make the most of new opportunities in the market