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Legal Mentors launches law franchise

POSTED September 2, 2011 by  

Our work with law firms has lead us to design a whole new regime for law firms who want a more secure future. See www.face2facesolicitors.net  Read More →

Freeserve founder launches online legal service

POSTED July 21, 2011 by  

20 July 2011 Ajaz Ahmed, co-founder of Freeserve, has set up an online legal service, LEGAL365.com, which he believes will become a major player in the post-ABS legal market. Read more from the Solicitors Journal…  Read More →

Baker Tilly Legal Services Act Lawyer Survey

POSTED June 30, 2011 by  

Law firms reluctant to relinquish control The results from the latest round of our survey into the attitudes towards the opportunities and threats posed by the Legal Services Act, which comes fully in to force from October this year, show that law firms are reporting diminishing... [Read more]

More competition

POSTED June 24, 2011 by  

ICAEW bids to regulate accountant-led ABSs on back of probate rights application. Read more from Legal Futures…  Read More →

Legal Futures comments on In-Deed

POSTED June 17, 2011 by  

Sell, sell, sell – what In-Deed tells us about law firm flotation Posted by Neil Rose, Editor, Legal Futures Market listing: hurdles for law firms to overcome I don’t know much about the financial markets – that’s one of the many reasons I became a solicitor donkey’s... [Read more]

ABS: Read the words of Law Society Chief Exec

POSTED March 29, 2011 by  

It is vitally important that every practice makes a positive choice either to retain the vehicle of a traditional partnership or LLP status or ABS and settle their business plan for the future. Perhaps the worst possible position is to choose by default the status quo... [Read more]

Law Soc gives SRA go ahead

POSTED March 23, 2011 by  

Law Soc gives SRA go ahead to regulate new business structures. The Law Society has backed the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) application to become an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licensing authority. Read more from Legal Week  Read More →

Solicitors firm Emsleys readies to battle supermarkets

POSTED March 23, 2011 by  

Be afraid. Be very afraid. The supermarkets are coming. From October 6, grocers, banks, and outsourcing companies will be able to go into direct competition with the 112,000 solicitors largely practicing in small, high street firms across England and Wales. Read more from... [Read more]

Firms restructures for ABS

POSTED March 21, 2011 by  

Pagan Osborne now a limited company to take advantage of ‘Tesco law’ LAW firm Pagan Osborne has turned from a traditional partnership into a limited company as it becomes one of the first practices to prepare for the much-vaunted alternative business structures... [Read more]

60% of consumers willing to buy from big Brands

POSTED March 11, 2011 by  

60% of people would buy legal advice from brands like Barclays, AA, Co-op and Virgin.  Read more from Legal Futures…  Read More →

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