Gillian Nuttall - PR & Marketing Manager

Much has been written this week about our beautiful game, and I don’t propose to make comment on Suarez and Terry.

Today I am concentrating on Esteban Alvarado, …

Emma Peart from MTA Solicitors discusses new proposals from the Government's Law advisors regarding Unmarried couples and inheritance rights.

There is currently no legislation in place that automatically entitles a couple who have not entered into a marriage or civil partnership to a share…

Following on from yesterday’s marketing advice, we give you the second of the “The Twelve Tips for Christmas”.

7. Build Credibility

Although it’s not often that a…

At the end of last month, I co-presented a seminar in London on behalf of CoreLegal about Outcomes-focused Regulation attended by 60 lawyers. Since then, an interesting dialogue has started.

I blogged about the seminar here: http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/the-scary-new-world-of-ofr This was responded to by the SRA in a blog of its own:…

Every year law firms face different challenges and opportunities to set themselves apart from the competition and to convince prospective clients to work with them.  In true Christmas carol style, we give you “The Twelve Tips for Christmas” as the special present you can use all through 2012 with your marketing.

1. Be Organised

 It may sound simple, and all-to-obvious, but having a system in place to funnel inbound…

Maybe this is not the right time of year to be writing in such sad terms, but we all need to examine our conscience and ask whether we really do care about our aging population.   This comes after reading the report a few days ago concerning the ten staff at a care home who appeared in court charged with a string of offences.   A number of years ago Ralli launched www.nursinghomeabuse.org.uk and along with our managing partner Martin Coyne, I…

After many posts on the concepts of ABS and Tesco Law, I thought I'd give a blog about real law a bash!

I appreciate for some this is a bit like teaching grandma to suck eggs, however, for others this may be somewhat shocking.

It all comes from some research I've been dealing with, can a restrictive covenant in a lease survive merger with the freehold?

You may think, it's not possible, when you extinguish a lease, you extinguish the whole estate and everything that goes…

Is it just coincidence that two rivals just happen to launch a similar product/service at the same time?

Each products strap line appears to have the other products benefits (or weaknesses) in mind?

Did they have prior knowledge on how the other product was to be marketed?

No such thing as coincidence, especially if it keeps happening.

A excellent marketing strategy should not only involve dissemination of the product information to the…

The Ultimate (Unqualified) Midas Approved Money Making Marketing Guide For Law Firms (Christmas Special)!

For A Limited Time Only, An Intimate, Closed Door Insight Into What Is Really Going On Behind The Yellow And Red Of Sucessful Solicitors' Websites

Here is the 11 step guide:…

There are many risks to consider when deciding to move into a market or implement a strategy.

 

If you understand the risks, you can avoid them and / or like the military have a set of "Actions On" if the risk becomes reality.

You can even practice acting on the risks and "War Game" the situation.

The military do not go to war and wing it.

They have many people dedicated to isolating the risks and then find a way around them.

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Summary report and Infographic

The summary report and infographic highlight some of the study's findings in relation to:

• Social media platforms used
• Conversation quality
• Key regional…

Please feel free to let me know what you think, designed by Moustique Designs with branding by Calverts

Going on from the information released by CoPSO and PCCB regarding the improvement to the search code, Nick Small Snr, Director of Property And Land Information (PALI Ltd) stated, “This is a good move for the search industry. It ensures that the quality and standards of the companies providing searches to the legal and conveyancing profession continues to increase. It also puts pressure on the local authorities to improve their standards to try to achieve the levels of quality, accuracy and…

I gave a talk on Social Media for Law Firms at Veale Wasbrough Vizards in Bristol last week, as part of its commitment to their Connect2 Law members.

As well as Sole Practitioners and Partners in two to three partner law firms the audience contained young solicitors from the firm itself.

I hope my passion for social media was evident and my belief that social media and blogging in particular will form a vital ingredient in marketing the small law firm.

The impact,…

There are some business models that don’t rely on quality content: they just need to post thousands of words on their website, safe in the knowledge that while the search engines will rank them highly and readers will generally ignore the text and complete the call to action.

Law firms are definitely not…

Rebecca Whittaker - a solicitor with Lanyon Bowdler who specialises in Planning Law has prepared the following post:

The Localism Act received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011 and is coming into force in stages.  One of the key features of the Act provides for reforms to the planning system and in particular new planning enforcement…

So we now know, with a high degree of certainty, that the first of the big supermarkets to enter into the legal profession will be the Co-op, though I doubt we'll suddenly start calling it Co-op Law!

I've been writing about Tesco Law for a few weeks now, and seem to have sparked some serious debates about the readiness of the legal profession for ABS.

Many still seem unwilling to appreciate the nature of the threat, and keep talking about quality vs quantity and that Tesco et…