This blog post was also featured as a column in the July 2016 issue of Legal Practice Management magazine. To read the issue in full, download LPM magazine.  It’s an important debate for SME firms – do homegrown staf reign supreme, or is the investment in training too great and buying in speciality the way to go? Either […]

Although 2016 had its moments, a few trends are likely to create sleepless nights in 2017, some from excitement and some from dread. Security threats remain Linked to the growth of mobility and cloud computing, keeping data not only safe from theft, but safe from being held to ransom or blackmail (doxing) will become an […]

This article was also featured as an industry interview in the September 2016 issue of Legal Practice Management magazine. To read the issue in full, download LPM magazine. Competition and price pressures, and an increasingly digital client base are all significant drivers for law firms to become paperless businesses. Tony Klejnow, Linetime’s managing director, says firms could achieve competitive […]

This blog post was also featured as a column in the September 2016 issue of Legal Practice Management magazine. To read the issue in full, download LPM magazine. It’s that wonderful time of year when the annual bombardment of brokers begins on your never-silent telephones. All of them can “carry out a full market exercise” for you that will, […]

The only magazine for SME law firm management leaders SME law firm managers face unique challenges with fewer resources than their large firm cousins. That’s why we created the Legal Practice management magazine and conferences for them – to create and foster the management side of the SME law firm market, and to deliver useful business information and thought leadership […]

NetDocuments, the leading native cloud document management system (DMS) and email management provider for law firms and corporate legal departments, announced today that Winckworth Sherwood has selected NetDocuments’ cloud-based service to replace its on-premises DMS technology after a thorough review of technologies available in the market today. “As a well-established firm that has gone through […]

With longstanding roots in the regional area, Archers Law has grown from humble beginnings on the high street to a modern law firm with a 60 strong team. Providing a full range of services to private clients and business organisations, the practice continues to build upon its foundations to offer a responsive, empathetic and reliable […]

This article was also featured as an industry analysis piece in the October 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Legal businesses’ capacity to conduct legal aid has significantly diminished in recent years due to government spending cuts. Essex firm Fisher Jones Greenwood (FJG), however, has refused to let its commitment to access to justice falter. […]

This aritcle was also featured as an industry analysis in the October 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  The general sense among law firms in the UK is that 2016 is a better year than 2015 so far – particularly for firms from the US operating in London. The most recent data from Thomson Reuters […]

This aritcle was also featured as an industry analysis in the November 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  This year has been a rollercoaster of a year for business risk managers – and 2017 needs to be a year of action on the IT front to match. It’s time to stop merely talking about the […]

Stephenson Harwood, a leading law firm with nine offices across Asia, Europe and the Middle East, has chosen Aderant Expert for its practice management solution. The firm needed to be sure it selected a product that would enable it to improve efficiency across the whole firm, and not just within the finance department. Stephenson Harwood […]

          Briefing Frontiers is a series of innovation events from Briefing. These events will be hosted at the world’s top law firms, and will welcome an exclusive group of at least 30 or more leaders in legal management from top-tier law firms. Featuring speakers who are leaders in technology and business innovation, the intimate […]

This article was also featured as an opinion piece in the December 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  Inspired by the Fringe Festival that lands here in Edinburgh ever summer, I was tempted to call this column “Aye, Robot” – concerned, as it is, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in law firms. […]