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the Brief - September

Before the Event Insurance: Where are we now? Asks Nicola Maher, senior associate at Edwin Coe LLP…

Nicola Maher

BTE insurance is often sold as part of a package to individual policyholders along with products such as household insurance.  An increasing number of small and medium sized businesses are also taking out legal expenses insurance as a bolt on to policies such as D&O,

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Claire Smith, director at QualitySolicitors, on her new role & why law firms need to evolve or suffer…

Claire-Smith QualitySolicitors

After several years as a partner at Pannone in Manchester, last month I joined QualitySolicitors as its new partner firms director and what an exciting time to come on board! Since launching, QualitySolicitors has gone from strength to strength and my new role will see

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Mark Levine – director of BCL Legal and head of the in-house department – discusses the pros and cons of the flat fee scheme after attending DLA’s WIN seminar….

Mark Levine, Director, BCL Legal

One of the aspects I enjoy most about being an in-house legal recruiter is meeting some of the country’s most influential and experienced lawyers and learning from them. I am always interested in personal development so was delighted to attend an event staged by DLA

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Neil Kinsella, CEO of Russell Jones & Walker discusses why his firm has joined forces with the world’s first listed law firm…

Neil Kinsella

Last month my firm Russell Jones & Walker joined forces with Australia’s Slater & Gordon Lawyers, the world’s first publicly listed law firm.  The move comes at a critical time of change in the UK legal industry; the Legal Services Act has opened the market

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Paul Warbuton, consultant at BCL Legal, discusses proliferation of UK law firms

Paul Warburton

It won’t have escaped your attention that the past 12-18 months has seen a swathe of actual and potential law firm mergers. Each merger has its own rationale together with unique pros and cons but what is clear is that the UK legal market landscape

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