The lockdown has been a shock to business. People are predicting the worst downturn in the economy in 300 years. If firms are to survive, what steps can they take? Here's a start with a few suggestions: re-evaluate your overheads - do you need to spend what you did before (on property for example)? re-evaluate […]
On 4th May 2020 HM Land Registry issued new guidance to identity verification and the signing of deeds. Please note, these are stated as being temporary. They have extended the classes of people who they are happy verifying identity. Here is a link to their press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-identity-verification-and-signing-deeds?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= Here is a link to Practice Guide […]
The Law Society has published guidance which you can access here: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/stories/update-on-legal-practitioner-keyworkers/ In Summary: if you practice in Litigation, Criminal Law or Private Client (wills and perhaps LPAs) you are a Key Worker. Here is a link to the link on the government website where you may check if you are allowed to have a […]
A useful very simple guide to running a Client Account in a Law Firm issued by the Law Society. Here's the link - which itself has some helpful links. https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/articles/client-funds/
Find here a link to the Law Society's guidance issued 9th April 2020 on renewing your PII (Professinal Indemnity Insurance), with a view particularly to the Covid-19 crisis. https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-renewing-your-firms-pii/ The Law Society Gazette gives a useful digest of nthe situation in this article: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-offers-little-leeway-for-firms-struggling-to-renew-pii/5103824.article#.XpirSen23Z4.linkedin
I think we are at risk of making this situation economically worse for ourselves than it already is. I’m talking about lack of confidence. I thought this during the 2008 crash. The news channels will focus on the negative, the sensational, the catastrophic – it makes them seem more important, they used to say ‘it […]
One for Litigators: Dispute Resolution, Family, PI, Immigration (JR), Civil Lit - anyone who creates Trial Bundles and Trial Bundle Indexes. We are always looking out for ideas and software that might help our clients. From experience, I know what a pain they are to create. You spend hours on this. Then at trial 1 […]
To furlough or not to furlough - that is the question! I am not an economist of an accountant but like many business owners I am having to grapple with extraordinary decisions at this time. I'll share my thoughts if you join in and share yours in the comments! Like many small business owners, I […]
A protocol has just been released agreed between 11 insurers and 11 law firms to try to prevent game playing around deadlines, limitation dates etc during the Coronavirus crisis. Here is a link to the report in Litigation Futures: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/litigation-dispute-resolution Organisations can pledge their commitment to the protocol and see who has signed up on […]
In these times where we are supposed to be working remotely – how to you get documents signed? If you are used to posting documents out for signature – should you be making your clients walk/drive out to the post box? Even without the coronavirus there was a strong argument for using digital signatures to […]
