So, you have made a bit of a name for yourself, mastered your craft and have amassed a book of potential clients. Working from home is actually quite pleasant and you don’t miss that [...]
Our webinar training session was this week focused on Risk Management for law firms. (The slides are available here if you are interested). A key part of the training was around the risk [...]
Q&A: The Beckwith Case It’s not often that SDT decisions are overturned on appeal, so when it happens it’s important to see what practical lessons can be learned. The Beckwith [...]
Rachael Eyre says it’s time to look again at alternative business structures (ABSs). The Legal Services Act fundamentally changed the way the legal profession works The 2007 Act created the [...]
It’s not often that SDT decisions are overturned on appeal, so when it happens it’s important to see what practical lessons can be learned. The Beckwith case has been one of the most [...]
Q&A with Emma Walker of Leigh Day on the importance of the successful Claire Matthews appeal Today we are talking to Emma Walker, an Associate Solicitor in Leigh Day’s Regulatory & [...]
Rachael Eyre says that a recently reported case of a trainee’s failure to serve a claim form reflects more on the firm than the individual. Junior lawyers are inexperienced and need proper [...]
You should be on your guard whenever you hear the word ‘escrow’. Law firms are prohibited from providing pure escrow services through the client account. Why? Because pure escrow [...]
Read our essential guide to the Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) Guidance document Have you read the 200+ pages of updated AML guidance issued by the LSAG in January? This is the document that [...]
Cybercrime occurs on an industrial scale. Law firms are attractive targets to hackers because of the amount of money that flows through our client accounts and the volume of transactions. For all [...]
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