According to PwC’s latest law firm report, 73% of the top 100 UK law firms reported that they had suffered a security incident in the last 12 months (up from 62% in 2015). These are the firms with the biggest IT budgets and entire risk and compliance teams devoted to ensuring they stay on the […]

Video Length: 6 mins 30 secs   This video features Karen Jacks, CIO of Bird & Bird, Colin Wardale CFO of Hill Dickinson and Nick West, CSO of Mishcon de Reya, who have come together to answer the question: how do you see technology having a significant impact on the strategic direction on firms now and in the […]

This article was also featured as an industry analysis in the February 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. Moving office is an opportunity for a business to change much more than its address. By working with outside experts – architects and technologists – it may be possible to overhaul both the physical […]

Let’s get flexible  Briefing asks top 100 law firm leaders – plus the new band of freelance and virtual legal business – exactly how their agile arrangements are working. Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue? Feature: Business services leaders at Clifford Chance, DWF, Brodies, Keystone Law, LOD and Vario at Pinsent Masons offer up experiences and top tips for moving […]

This article was also featured as an industry interview in the Februrary 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. There’s no problem with outsourcing – the issue’s the terminology. It’s too broad. There’s a perception that if any part of your service involves outsourcing, the whole of your service and, by association, the […]

This article was also featured as an industry interview in the Februrary 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. My, my, my, who can believe we are one month through 2016 already! I would firstly like to wish all the LPM readers a wonderful and successful 2016. So what are the plans for […]

This article was also featured as a column in the Februrary​ 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. For the majority of law firms the compliance burden is one that increases year on year. Outcomes focused regulation puts firms under pressure to prove results without always providing a sufficient framework within which to operate. […]

This article was also featured as a column in the Februrary​ 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. We all know that ‘difficult’ clients are just part of working in professional services, but there are degrees of what constitutes difficult, and there are degrees to which employees (or partners) are equipped to deal with […]

This article was also featured as an industry interview in the March 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. The latest plans for a new EU General Data Protection Regulation – negotiations taking place in December last year – see the prospect of a fine equating to 4% of global turnover for infringements that affect […]

This article was also featured as an industry analysis in the March 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. Process management technology – once the domain of lengthy, complex projects involving extensive manual configuration and coding – is undergoing a seachange. With the availability of business applications that help to standardise processes within an […]

This article was also featured as a opinion piece in the March 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. The first alternative business structure licences were issued back in March 2012. Some firms used the ABS to admit ‘non-lawyers’ – CFOs, CMOs and so on – to partnership, or to add specialists such as tax […]

Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to legal and accountancy firms, today announced the availability of Carpe Diem, its flagship timekeeping application, as a cloud computing model. Effective immediately, existing Carpe Diem customers as well as prospective professional services organizations, can choose from traditional time recording on timesheets at the desktop; an easy to […]

This blog post was also featured as a column in the March 2016 issue of Legal Practice Management magazine. Substantial increases in court issue fees have remained the subject of press and professional focus. Since March 2015 any claim to a value of between £10,000 and £200,000 attracts an issue fee of 5% of that value. Fees […]