Legal cashiers are hard to come by, and within a highly regulated industry, how do you keep them feeling motivated and valued in your firm?

The announcement that extending fixed recoverable costs was delayed to October 2023 was perhaps the government’s most sensible decision for a long time – in the context of costs reforms, at least.

For modern law firms, a digital-first mindset is not about specific technologies or digital tools, but always about the people – employees and clients – who use them.

For the first time, the SRA is reminding firms, essentially the COLPs, that there should be processes established by the practice to assist and supervise their lawyers’ CPD efforts.

The last decade has seen the steady increase of the alternative legal service provider market and the dividing lines between them and law firms are increasingly blurred.