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NAH teams up with top insurer as PI firm unveils trio of ABSs
Thursday, 12 September 2013Minster Law – the major claimant practice now owned by insurance group BGL – has joined top personal injury marketing business National Accident Helpline (NAH), becoming its largest panel member.
Tags: Alternative business structures, personal injury
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ABS licence allows Devon accountants to add legal service
Wednesday, 11 September 2013A firm of accountants in Devon has become only the third to launch a legal arm after winning an alternative business structure licence. Davisons Legal Services began trading last week, with former City lawyer Philip Vickery as its head of legal practice.
Tags: ABS, accountants, Alternative business structures
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PE-fuelled Winns targets expansion after “nightmare” ABS process
Monday, 9 September 2013Winn Solicitors – the firm which was last week bought by two private equity businesses – now has the firepower to expand beyond its core road traffic practice, founder Jeff Winn has told Legal Futures.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, private equity, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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From celebrity lawyers to reputation defence business – ABS completes transformation
Friday, 6 September 2013Well-known London law firm Schillings – which was granted two alternative business structure licences in March – has relaunched as a business that integrates IT security, legal advice and risk consulting to help companies and individuals protect their reputations.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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AIM-listed ABS eyes future benefits after law firm acquisition dents profits
Thursday, 5 September 2013Lewis Hymanson Small – the law firm bought by AIM-listed Abbey Protection earlier this year – made a small dent in the company’s profits during a “tough” initial period, Abbey’s half-year results have shown. They also lay out how much it paid for the Manchester practice.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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Leading ABSs take next steps forward
Monday, 2 September 2013Slater & Gordon has now formally acquired personal injury firm Goodmans, giving the alternative business structure (ABS) a Liverpool base for the first time. Meanwhile, Co-operative Legal Services has launched its academy to offer career progression to all staff.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Slater & Gordon
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Admiral takes £15m referral fee hit
Friday, 30 August 2013The ban on referral fees in personal injury is set to cost Admiral Insurance around £15m this year, it emerged yesterday. The insurer also said its two new ABS joint ventures are “not expected to make a material contribution to group profits in the foreseeable future”.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, personal injury, referral fee ban
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The doctor will see you now – niche medical law firm plans post-ABS expansion
Thursday, 29 August 2013A niche medical law firm has become an alternative business structure with the ambition of becoming a one-stop shop for healthcare providers. DR Solicitors was created under a brand designed to appeal to its primary care doctor, dentist and consultant clients.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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AIM-listed accident management company launches ABS
Wednesday, 28 August 2013Leading AIM-listed accident management company Helphire Group has linked with a start-up personal injury law firm within an alternative business structure, Legal Futures can reveal. Principia Law Limited is managed by solicitors and barristers.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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Industrial disease specialists eye ABS to aid extraordinary growth spurt
Wednesday, 14 August 2013A specialist industrial disease law firm in the north-west is looking to convert to an alternative business structure to take advantage of a period of extraordinary growth. Fee income doubled to £7m and staff numbers quadrupled to 170 over the last year.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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