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Five priorities for managing partners in 2011

Karen Hain, partner and head of professional practices at Moore and Smalley Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, details five business improvement areas for law firms to become more profitable in 2011. 1. Know where work is coming from Now is the perfect time to start focusing on where work is going to come from and [...]

Podcast: How the Legal Services Act will affect law firms

Listen to Moore and Smalley’s Karen Hain on the changing landscape of the legal industry and what law firms can do to prepare. (The Moore and Smalley Podcast is hosted on Soundcloud. If you want to download and listen on your own media player – such as iTunes – click the ‘down’ arrow to download to [...]

Legal firms are vulnerable during the upturn

In 2010, the number of law firms going into insolvency is estimated to increase, and reach an all time high. This article looks at a number of reasons why legal practices are closing and, more importantly, how to overcome these obstacles. 1. Poor working capital control In an upturn, firms will be looking forward to [...]