As I absorb most of my news through social media these days, I occasionally go through “the great reading pile” that accumulates in my office. What’s interesting about this approach is that it is much easier to spot the general trends in law firm strategy and financial performance: Cost cutting - Redundancies Read More
At the start of 2013 I identified two main themes for my consultancy (and content strategy) – pricing and project management. They are, of course, linked. Earlier in the year I did some research into the pricing of family law services and have been interested to see that lots of Read More
At a recent CLT session on this subject, the delegates – mostly heads of family departments outside of London – found the following concepts most valuable for developing a privately funded family law practice: Mind shift – from public service provider to profit generator a) Accept it’s not Legal Aid anymore – Read More
A recent article in The Lawyer (18 February 2013) focused on innovation in smaller law firms. I have summarised the ways in which the featured firms achieved their innovation: Anthony Collins (£14.4m, Birmingham) – Niche in social housing, health and social care, local government, education and faith communities. Flint Bishop (£9.4m, Derby) Read More
Last week, I presented a webinar for CLT on this subject. It was very well attended and there was some interesting discussion at the end. This built on the debate that had taken place on various LinkedIn discussion groups beforehand and as a result of the publicity surrounding the research Read More