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Director Deborah Gray shares Totum’s latest research into business services leadership in law and explains how this is informing its best practice guidance on leadership recruitment

Guardcover outline their ambition to clear the air regarding solicitors’ responsibilities and roles in securing appropriate insurance for unoccupied property.

In the recent Budget released, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that changes to IR35 regulations will be extended to the private sector.

Recently a surprisingly popular column in Legal Business took a jaded view of the state of leadership in major law firms. The nub of our argument was that the law firm c-suite had descended into technocratic managerialism over genuine leadership, leaving once bold institutions to put off crucial ...

In under 4 minutes find out why the Channel Islands are a viable place for relocation (not accounting for slow readers).

Your personal online brand can be just as important as the suit you wear to an interview.

Contract work is not for everyone all the time.

Meet your BARBRI classroom facilitator in Dublin.

What tends to drive a Partner or Team level move?

Even if you are entirely happy in your current role, time spent on your personal brand now can help you earn promotions, attract new business, and build better relationships with your clients and co-workers. Take time out of your busy day for a bit of “you” time, it could pay dividends.

What is a PSL and what do they do?

We know that legal consulting isn’t for everyone.  By doing your research, you are in the position of controlling your own career, assessing the pros and cons against your current permanent role and empowering you to make that decision, not your employer.

The decision to make a move in-house can be reached at various stages of one’s legal career.

Work is a central part of our lives… after all, on average we spend 90,000 hours at work during our lifetime.

For many lawyers, it’s that time of year again; trying to find the time to complete your annual appraisal and perhaps a chance to discuss your current salary and whether there is any possibility of an increase this year.

The number of working female solicitors in England and Wales has exceeded men for the first time according to new figures.

The summer holiday recruitment round officially finished last week, with DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons making significant moves in London, while Eversheds Sutherland  and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan continued the recent wave of Asia hires with additions to their IP and litigation offerings r...

You only need to dip into the news each day to appreciate that there remains an enormous amount of uncertainty around almost every aspect of Brexit.

Over the last decade we’ve seen the advent of the ABS, the non-equity partnership model, the PLC and the virtual law firm. Whilst representative of a shift away from “traditional” law firm structures, these instances are still the exception rather than the rule.