Category Archives: Legal services

You get what you pay for: the SRA and the minimum salary

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

This week, it appears, I am regulator bashing.  It’s not much of a sport as it’s so easy to do, but hey, we all have to get our kicks somewhere.  Yesterday I was rather disparaging about the Solicitors Regulation Authority … Continue reading →

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Mind the gap: why the SRA’s consumer information falls short

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Thanks to the typical English bank holiday weather over the weekend I barely ventured out of the house and instead found myself working.  Sad but inevitable.  It’s also a bit sad that as a ‘consumer champion’ it was only in … Continue reading →

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I have seen the future and it works (sort of)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

I wouldn’t want to compare the legal services market to Soviet Russia given how that’s turned out, but that is rather how I felt coming home from the Legal Futures conference on ‘the new frontiers of law’ on Monday.  Having … Continue reading →

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Have barristers lulled themselves into a false sense of superiority?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

The Legal Futures conference yesterday was refreshing in many respects.  Hearing from people who are actually making the future of legal services is such a welcome change from the years I have spent talking about liberalisation of the market to, … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to the big bang?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

As if the disappearance of Spring and the return to a distinctly chilly feel wasn’t enough to dampen my spirits, just a cursory glance at the news in the last week has left me feeling a bit depressed: secret courts, … Continue reading →

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