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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

Practice management | Shifting the balance on residual client accounts

Residual client balances can be time consuming but are the kind of process that technology can help address efficiently and a prime example of how firms can reduce their compliance burden, says Richard Buckle

Practice management | Compliance health check

Compliance-fatigue may ?be setting in after months ?of discussion around the subject, but Jeanette Lucy believes many lawyers are embracing the new regime to the benefit of their practices