The secure legal practice checklist
The next reputational crisis facing law firms won’t start in a courtroom, it will start with a breach. Cyberattacks are inevitable and law practices are being judged on far more than legal expertise alone. When data and trust are your currencies, protecting them requires a clear understanding of threat exposure, regulatory obligations and client […]
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Understanding the distinct growth challenges of complex law firms
When we talk about growth in the legal sector, we tend to reach for a single word to describe very different journeys. A three-partner practice adding its fourth lawyer and a fifty-partner law firm opening a new office are both ‘growing’ — but almost nothing about what that growth demands of them is the same. […]
How to respond to a professional negligence claim against your firm
If your client threatens to make a professional negligence claim, or does make a claim against you or your firm, it can be easy to panic. You will naturally be concerned, but you might not understand how best to defend your position. Below, we have set out some top tips to help take the stress […]
Why process discipline is worth its weight in gold
Recent headlines from Westminster offer a familiar lesson in organisational risk: when the outcome is decided first, process becomes a formality. Vetting is completed after the event, with the outcome already reached. Governance and compliance become performative rather than protective. For law firms, this could sound uncomfortably familiar. In professional service firms (PSFs), process is […]
