Financial crisis will cost everyone in the end

Journalists are far too willing to bandy the term ‘crisis’ around, using it to label everything from a few cancelled trains to an Arsenal defeat. But how else to describe the impending financial troubles about to hit the legal profession?

I say profession quite deliberately. So far you may have run your firm in profit: you may have adapted for the changes to personal injury and legal aid; you may have avoided signing sky-high tenancy agreements at the height of the boom; you may have seen off the increased competition from new entrants to the market.

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Blogs | Law Gazette



Solicitors in Sevenoaks

Cost disputes set to soar post-Jackson, survey predicts

Costs disputes between solicitors and their clients will become more common once the Jackson reforms are implemented, according to a survey of specialist costs lawyers published today.

In a poll of 137 costs lawyers, 69% (95) expected to see an increase in disputes, once the recoverability of success fees is scrapped next April.

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News | Law Gazette



Lawyers in Sevenoaks

Lateral damage: failed hires cost London dear

With attrition rates for lateral hires running at 31 per cent, firms need to improve their City recruitment strategies. By Mark Brandon
The Lawyer – City



Conveyancing Solicitors in Sevenoaks

Lateral damage: failed hires cost London dear

With attrition rates for lateral hires running at 31 per cent, firms need to improve their City recruitment strategies. By Mark Brandon
The Lawyer – City



Divorce Solicitors Sevenoaks

Cuts cost money

Many of the Law Society’s suggestions would not achieve savings, but create further cost, something we all need to avoid.

The suggestion that prosecutors should meet the cost of acquittals, instead of central funds, simply passes cost from one area of public expenditure to another – effectively robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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Opinion | Law Gazette



Divorce Solicitors Sevenoaks

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