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At the Crossroads - opportunities and challenges post pandemic

At the Crossroads - opportunities and challenges post pandemic

Managing Partner forum event where like minded professionals come together to discuss the future of law firms post pandemic and share their experiences.

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Optimising Communication and Technology

Optimising Communication and Technology

If the office is no longer a physical place, how do legal firms start to choose the right communication and collaboration technology for their organisation to meet that new reality?

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Your law firm has navigated the storm. Where to, now?

Your law firm has navigated the storm. Where to, now?

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The Closure of Solicitors Indemnity fund - what could possibly go wrong for me?

The Closure of Solicitors Indemnity fund - what could possibly go wrong for me?

On the 30th of September 2021 SIF will cease to provide Expired Run-Off protection leaving many exposed to uninsured professional negligence claims. Could this change affect you or your business?

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Every Law Firm Needs Non-Executives Now!

Every Law Firm Needs Non-Executives Now!

As the country makes these first, tentative, steps out of lockdown, the legal community has to take urgent stock and firms need to decide what to do now.

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So, your firm has survived - what now?

So, your firm has survived - what now?

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Leadership Beyond the Pandemic

Leadership Beyond the Pandemic

Viv Williams discusses with Modern Law magazine what leadership of a law firm will mean in a post pandemic world.

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Why Good Lawyers Are Not the Best Builders of Good Law Firms

Why Good Lawyers Are Not the Best Builders of Good Law Firms

For generations, law firms have been owned and run by lawyers. Their primary competition has been other law firms, which have also been owned and run by lawyers. But all this is now changing.

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Can you see how your law firm is going to survive?

Can you see how your law firm is going to survive?

The environment for small law firms (sub £3m fee income) has never been tougher. So, is selling or merging your law firm the right choice?

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Saving Private Client

Saving Private Client

Private client solicitors have had to rethink the way things are done in the last year, but they are relying on more than the pandemic to grow their practices

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Look after your staff wellbeing now or risk losing them in the future!

Look after your staff wellbeing now or risk losing them in the future!

With most law firm staff working from home, it is more important than ever that employers are in tune with the pressures on their staff and are providing tools and tactics to help them to cope.

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2021: Is it the dawn of a new era or a return to the pre-Covid ways of working?

2021: Is it the dawn of a new era or a return to the pre-Covid ways of working?

Now that covid-19 vaccines have been developed and distributed in our community, will we see a return to pre-covid-19 days in the way law firms operate during 2021?

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Should you be Closing Your Law Firm?

Should you be Closing Your Law Firm?

In the current climate, with every Law firm considering the best strategy for their organization, it is worth taking a serious look at the pros and cons of closure.

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Lifeline for Solicitors with Business Interruption Insurance

Lifeline for Solicitors with Business Interruption Insurance

Those solicitors practices that had Business Interruption Insurance can now look to receiving a pay-out on their policies following a ruling from the Supreme Court.

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Howden Solicitors' Professional Indemnity Insurance Market Report

Howden Solicitors' Professional Indemnity Insurance Market Report

Howden's latest Market Report reviews how the PII market for solicitors performed in 2020 and forecasts what we expect to see as we move through 2021.

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Do you Know How Much Your Law Firm is Worth?

Do you Know How Much Your Law Firm is Worth?

It is imperative that every law firm knows its current worth and has a clear plan for how to maximise the substantial value that can come from building a successful law firm.

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New Year’s Resolutions? New Year – New Start

New Year’s Resolutions? New Year – New Start

We reflect on 2020 and provide some useful tips to ensure that you are up to date with your compliance and regulation commitments in 2021.

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3,000 law firms “could be forced to close or merge”

3,000 law firms “could be forced to close or merge”

Viv Williams speaks with Nick Hilborne from Legal Futures and shares some of the findings of a recent survey undertaken by Viv Williams Consulting

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See and Seize the Opportunity

See and Seize the Opportunity

Anybody who owns and runs a law firm should always be thinking about how and when to maximise the value that their firm has built up over the years.

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M & A Activity

M & A Activity

Read the first of a number of results of an audit conducted by the team at Viv Williams Consulting

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Solicitors’ PII Renewal on 1 October 2020: An Overview

Solicitors’ PII Renewal on 1 October 2020: An Overview

If we were asked to sum up the 1 October renewal for solicitors’ PII in one word, it would be……”brutal”.

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8 Ways to Meet your Lexcel Commitments

8 Ways to Meet your Lexcel Commitments

Law firms face an unprecedented challenge brought about by the COVID-19 crisis. Never has it been more important to utilise the trusted risk framework familiar to a Lexcel Accredited legal practice.

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Tips for law firms to help survive the Coronavirus Covid-19 crisis

Tips for law firms to help survive the Coronavirus Covid-19 crisis

Read a transcript of a discussion between Viv Williams and David Gilroy (Conscious Solutions) from May 2020.

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Managing in a Crisis

Managing in a Crisis

Many Law firms find themselves surprisingly cash rich at present following a good March and the CIBLS and bounce back loan schemes. Many firms have furloughed staff and have closed offices therefore o

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Why you need a NED as part of you Management Structure

Why you need a NED as part of you Management Structure

Many Law firms, whatever their size or structure are utilising the skills of a non- exec as part of their management. With the interest from both private equity and the numbers of floated law firms an

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A Strategy for Law Firms post Covid 19

A Strategy for Law Firms post Covid 19

The legal profession has been facing severe difficulties in any event with succession still the dominant topic. Mergers and consolidation was becoming the hot topic with firms recognising that they co

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