Archive

Business process management can improve firm efficiency and client care

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates

Avoiding conflicts: How to manage conflicts of interest

Chris Perrin, executive partner and general counsel at Clifford Chance, discusses how law firms can effectively manage conflicts of interest

Merger reverberations: Manage communications on cross-border mergers

Ben Rigby reveals how law firms are managing internal and external communications on cross-border mergers

Regulatory sanctions against solicitors back on the rise

The number of solicitors with conditions on their practising certificates has risen 47 per cent over a year from 148 in the second quarter of 2010 to 218 at the end of the first quarter of 2011, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's latest quarterly report.

Barristers to play full part in ABS firms

Barristers will be allowed to play a full part in ABS firms, the Bar Standards Board has announced.

Professional development review questions readiness for ABS day

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has launched an in-depth review of post-qualification training, the first since the compulsory professional development scheme was introduced in 1985.

Charity Tribunal challenges bishop's evidence in Catholic Care adoption ruling

The Charity Tribunal has challenged evidence given by a Catholic bishop over the impact on a charity of allowing children to be adopted by gay couples.

Update: children

Noel Arnold rounds up the latest developments in adoption orders and the requirements of expert assessment