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21 February 2014
Issue: 7595 / Categories: Legal News
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Financial fitness

Law firms must shape up

“Don’t milk the cash cow”, have clear monthly accounts, make sure clients pay promptly, and maintain a good relationship with your bank, is just a selection of the advice on offer from Brent Wilkinson, consultant at BDO, writing in this week’s issue of NLJ. He explains how to make sure a law firm is “financially fit” and avoids failure. Recent research found more than 30% of UK law firms are at risk of failing in the next 12 months.

Issue: 7595 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces promotions at Ludlow office

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints partner in Leeds residential team

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
The Court of Appeal was entitled to uphold the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, according to an analysis of the ruling
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