The well known US and Slate Magazine blogger Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) recently drew my attention to an essay on blogging on Twitter (giving meaning to my philosophy that Twitter is a wonderful "serendipity machine"):

This is a blog post, not a blog:…

The Daily Mail has today reported the findings of a study carried out by the Marriage Foundation which concludes that there is a much greater chance of parents staying together whilst their children are young if those parents are married, rather than simply living together. Apparently, among the parents…

This is a question that I often ask myself ahead of a meeting. Try to avoid having to ask yourself the question half way though a meeting though.

The Apprentice candidates on the BBC demonstrated brilliantly, the other week, how you can have a very busy diary, having wonderful conversations...... but with the wrong people.  People who probably understand exactly what value you bring to a situation and would advocate change and the implementation of new products or…

LinkedIn, as the most businesslike Social Media, offers a great opportunity to:

1. Develop new client relationships
2. Enhance existing client relationships
3. Extend the life of a client and help them come back more readily

That’s why many Lawyers make good and effective use of it as part of their networking routine. Used well it enhances networking, it’s not a selling platform.

Why do many Lawyers avoid using…

It's been a while coming, but we've just completing the exec report of the 2013 Managing Client Relationships 2013 "Truth in professional services" benchmark study, done in conjunction with Managing Partner Forum and PM Forum.



Some of the headlines are:

• the necessity of an effective vision, strategy and metrics is becoming even clearer
• the rankings of performance of consultants and systems have changed since 2011
• "early adopters" are looking at how…

Financial background check - Pre-sue report:              

The pre-sue report is a very useful…

The divorce between Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore continues to draw media attention as they attempt to reach a financial settlement. The New York Daily News has reported that the proceedings have been stalled by Demi's requests for spousal maintenance and money to renovate her luxury apartment.

Ashton Kutcher has been listed as America's highest earning TV actor by Forbes, reportedly earning $24 million. However, the New York Daily News has reported that it is Demi who has the highest…

Riliance Software the UK's leading provider of Risk & Compliance systems for COLP's & COFA's have now signed up 700 law firms ranging from sole practitioners up to large national firms and leading ABS's.

The Daily Star featured an article on Sunday 19th May which told the story of one of our clients. Our client, who is now aged 60, was abused by a long-serving headmaster at The Chorister School in Durham.

Like many other victims of abuse, our client felt unable to report the abuse as a child as he felt he would not be believed. The recent publicity surrounding Jimmy Savile has allowed many victims, like our client, to finally come forward and speak out.

Whilst this publicity…

Riverview is one of the new breed of legal businesses created to deliver corporate legal work in a new way based upon the belief that the law is just another business service. One of the key people behind the company is Karl Chapman who recently agreed to speak with me about the inner workings of his company.

This candid post is the result. So is Riverview going to be the shape of things to come in the legal world? You decide.

How would you best describe Riverview…

Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court approved the payment of $310 million in attorney fees to 116 law firms in a single case (TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation), with one firm receiving $75 million in fees and another receiving $49 million. While that case may be an extreme example, the median hourly rate for partners in U.S. law firms is $625 per hour and the average patent lawsuit…

Unbundling as a service delivery and price modulation strategy is as old as the hills: for everyone but law firms.  Quite a bit has been written about it recently  (eg. Legal Futures and Law Society Gazette) but…

We all know that LinkedIn is an enormously powerful business tool and has now matured away from its “online CV” origins but are there any obvious bear-traps the hapless user can fall into?

Yes there are and here’s 12 of the most likely.

1)      Don’t only talk about your…