Archive

How will the market changes impact upon the values and behaviours of this year's trainees?

By Michael Shaw, Managing Partner, Cobbetts

Sole practitioners and barristers most at risk from naming and shaming, France says

The impact of LeO's new policy of publishing the names of individual lawyers and firms could be particularly serious for sole practitioners and barristers, Liz France, chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), has said.

Co-op will recruit 'large numbers' of family solicitors

New service will target clients earning between £15,000 and £40,000

Auto pilot

With several legal brands entering the market in 2012 – all likely to use some form of automated online documentation – firms must start to embrace automation to ensure they can compete, says Stuart Bushell

The devil you know

The number of litigants in person is increasing – but remember they're not the enemy, you just need to know how to handle them, says DJ Tim Jenkins

Commercial property update

Magnus Hassett, James Noble and Amy France consider break clauses and vacant possession, uncompleted leases, superior landlord's consent and occupiers' liability

We are family

More bait has been thrown in the pond, and again the fish circle around it not quite sure how to respond. Last Thursday the Co-op announced that its legal advice arm, Co-operative Legal Services, would launch a specialist family law service as soon as new rules on alternative business structures come into force next year.

Blind ambition

Ken Clarke wants to improve prison rehabilitation and introduce longer sentences – but how can he do both? wonders Jeannie Mackie