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Fee income of SME firms has 'stayed the same or gone down'

Minority of partners report increase in last two years, survey finds

Modernising chambers: Creating a modern legal brand

Beverly Landais shares her experiences in modernising a legal brand with historic roots

Editor's blog | Porous Systems

Law firms are at risk of developing tunnel vision if they don't refocus their attention on what matters

Merging balance sheets: The key financial issues in law firm mergers

Colin Ives explores the key financial issues to manage in law firm merger negotiations

Business | Back to the drawing board

Rip up your old business plans and start afresh if you 'want to succeed, recommends Julian Summerhayes

Family business | It's not the winning...

As nice as it is to be recognised by your peers, glitzy award ceremonies just play to lawyers egos rather than provide any reputational capital, says Marilyn Stowe

Bar Focus | Changing the game

Faced with alternative business structures, downward pressure on fees and rising tensions in chambers, the rules of engagement have changed at the Bar and the time to embrace competition has arrived. Hannah Gannagé-Stewart reports

Bar Focus | Wales: rise of innovative sets

With innovative chambers opening up to provide independent advocacy services, ?the demise of a major Welsh set and the poor health of the local economy ?shouldn't overshadow the potential for growth says Theo Huckle QC