How to forget your clients by Natasha Rawley, Archive Document Data Storage

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Happy new year, LPM readers. Yes, it’s a bit belated – but to those who haven’t received our newsletter, we wanted to say may 2017 be a wonderful year. Now let’s move onto the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation […]

Partners in planning by Janine Parker, Paragon LawSelect

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  With the regulatory and legal landscape in a constant state of evolution, what services should you expect from your insurance broker, and how have these expanded over the past decade? Traditionally, a broker will represent your risk in the […]

Connecting the dots by Doug Hargrove, Advanced Legal

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Over the past 18 months, I’ve noticed a significant change in the internal structure of law firms. As firms experience a change cycle for technology (such as updating IT systems or installing a new practice/case management system) they take […]

Building strategy, Steven Treharne, Mogers Drewett Solicitors

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Without doubt, the biggest and first hurdle to overcome when strategically planning is to accept that lawyers (sometimes) find it difficult to deal with uncertainty, accept risk and support an intangible concept. But once you have them on board, […]

Clean up you act by Barry Davies, Douglas-Jones Mercer Solicitors

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  In a recent email discussion with a bank manager, I asked the question: “What level of overdraft are you comfortable with offering a law firm?” I received an instant response saying: “I’m happy to tell you that it’s usually […]

LPM Legal IT Landscapes report 2017

This month, LPM magazine’s Legal IT Landscapes supplement looks at whether SME firms have an IT strategy that’s fit for purpose, with insight from issue sponsors Tikit, Thomson Reuters and IManage. Download your FREE copy now Feature: We crunch the results of our Legal IT Landscapes survey to find out, with insight from legal leaders, what’s going on in […]

Learning lessons from virtual businesses – LPM magazine, February 2017 – Virtual possibility

This month, LPM magazine asks if SME firms can learn virtual management. Download your FREE copy now Feature: We speak to Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, former president of the Law Society and founder of Scomo (the UK’s first virtual firm), to find out how legal leaders can manage law firm workers from afar.  LPM Birmingham: We cover […]

Cheer up, it’s a wonderful DPA by Natasha Rawley, Archive Document Data Storage

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 […]

Law firms, protect thyselves by Janine Parker, Paragon LawSelect

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. […]

Somebody else’s problems by Emma Sell, BDBF

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 […]