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RBS: “huge opportunity” for big brands to dominate £15bn legal services market
Thursday, 16 September 2010There is a £15bn market in consumer and small business legal services and big brands “have the potential to dominate” it in the future, a senior representative of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said this week.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Legal Services Act
Posted in Alternative business structures, Market monitor, News
High Court grants SRA first order to force bank to provide information
Tuesday, 14 September 2010The High Court has granted the first order requiring a third party to provide the Solicitors Regulation Authority with information, it has emerged. SRA papers reveal that the High Court granted the order against a bank to assist in a serious and continuing investigation.
Tags: Legal Services Act, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in News, Solicitors
What is the Coalition thinking?
Friday, 9 July 2010I thought I would post an update on what I have heard about the Coalition’s thinking about the legal services reforms – there’s nothing concrete, because ministers are still not talking about this subject publicly. This comes just from being round and about and talking to those who are (or at least claim to be) in the know, so I can’t vouch for its total accuracy.
Tags: Alternative business structures, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Ombudsman, Legal Services Act
Posted in Blog, Legal Services Act
The recruitment dimension
Thursday, 15 April 2010With the Legal Services Act reforms on the horizon, Colin Loth, Manager of Legal at international recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark, discusses the impact the Act will have on the job market and talented legal professionals.
Tags: Legal Services Act
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
Service with an e-smile
Tuesday, 16 February 2010The experience of north-west law firm Farleys shows how an online service delivery capability can help law firms meet the challenges presented by the Legal Services Act, explains Epoq, a Legal Futures Associate.
Tags: competition, Legal Services Act, Online Legal Services
Posted in Practice Management, Technology
Ten For 2010: Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010To address a profoundly changing legal landscape, law firms and corporate counsel are exploring new models for delivering legal services. One of the most compelling legal service delivery models will be outsourcing. Here are Fronterion’s Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2010.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, Legal Services Act, LPO
Posted in Practice Management
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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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