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23rd June 2015

Generational Change

Like it or not – and many solicitors do not – costs management is here to stay – as Jay-Z might have said to Beyonce!” Why do many solicitors still not like costs management? It’s a generation thing! It means more work (almost certainly for less pay) and the development of new skills. Old dogs/new […]

11th May 2015

Create the perfect Professional Indemnity Application

A number of perennial cookery shows on the telly continue to capture the nation’s imagination as amateur chefs and bakers struggle through gruelling rounds of increasingly intense competition. The contestants strive for perfection under the spotlight of the TV studio and to my mind, there is a similarity with the Professional Indemnity season. Time ticks […]

26th March 2015

Early Birds and Worms

It was an honour to be part of the JLSLA panel convened to discuss the key issues facing solicitors and clients when considering litigation. Our host was Leigh Callaway of Irwin Mitchell and the seminar was chaired by Caroline Field of Fox Solicitors.   For those not in the know the JLSLA is part of […]

17th March 2015

DBA Regulations 2013. Or ‘How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love DBAs’.

To say that law firms are a little reticent about DBAs is a colossal understatement along the lines of ‘did we just scrape an iceberg?’! Our collective betters in the shape of the senior figures at the MoJ and judiciary are most excellent at enacting legislation with holes that make Swiss cheese look solid. The […]

26th February 2015

Late night essay crisis avoided (for a while!)

Following on from our blog of 12th February 2015, My Lord Faulks QC (Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. “The Government has made a priority of addressing the high costs of civil litigation in England and Wales. To that end, Part 2 of the Legal […]