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Values beacon: Core values that change behaviours

Rob Lees and August Aquila discuss how to develop core values that transform firmwide behaviour

Unlocking the client dividend in a merger

By Andrew Hedley, Director, Hedley Consulting

Spotting weaknesses: Why your law firm needs a risk audit

A risk audit can be valuable in determining whether your legal practice will be sustainable and profitable in future, says Tom Berman

Partner jailed for £20m fake marriage racket

Scam would have been 'obvious to a child', judge says

Caught in the system: the effect of abolishing IPP

Despite the abolition of indeterminate sentences, the new rules cannot be applied retrospectively. Philip Rule considers how the Court of Appeal is responding

Practice management | The dispersed law firm

You can chase IT as ?it constantly evolves, or ?use it to stay ahead of the game. William Robins introduces the dispersed ?law firm and the technology that enables it

Practice management | Adapt to survive

Mark Hovell explains how a well-managed ?period of change can breathe new life into ?a stagnating practice

Practice management | Realising brand value for law firms

Law firms' brands are still too often tied to the individual partners' own, dangerously so in the post-Legal Services Act age, says Thayne Forbes