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Book Reviews: Personal Injury

24 July 2008 / Simon Young
Issue: 7331 / Categories: Features , Personal injury
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Profitability and Law Firm Management
Andrew Otterburn The Law Society / RRP £44.95 ISBN 978 – 1853285981

I expected to find this to be simply an update of the excellent first edition of this work, which itself followed on from earlier offerings from the same author, but was pleasantly surprised to find this to be a major rewrite. Otterburn has taken account of the huge changes facing the profession, and sets those out at the start of a work which is now more of a general management text than an accounts-based work.

Having examined those changes, the work looks at the business planning which will be needed to cope with them. The focus applied is very much that of the people involved, and the planning techniques examined would sit very well with those looking for the “Investors In People” accolade. This follows through into the need for firms to know, publicise, and live up to their particular values, as an essential reality check for their chosen strategies.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

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After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
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