Hello everybody, it's Star Blogger time again!



Every now and then we like to honour a Defero Law member with 'Star Blogger' status. A member who contributes insightful, informative and entertaining blog posts that are of benefit to our members and audience.

This time round we're…

You might recall that a while back we added 'Mr Lawyer' to our Cartoon Character in Legal Services League Table. Well, 'Mr Lawyer' suddenly came back into my conciousness this week on the back of a Google search.…

Last week I was lucky enough to have been invited to take part in Helen Hammond's Zero to 140 series - 'the law’s fastest interview'.

Helen runs Elephant Creative and as well as the Zero to 140 series also has a spot called…

The conveyancing profession has always had to walk a difficult line in carrying out its day to day activities in property transactions. Not only are conveyancers required to be expert in all aspects of property related law, but they have a duty of care to (it seems) everyone in the transaction. It can easily be the case that, despite a firm’s intentions to act in their client’s best interests, under Outcomes focussed regulation, they can still be held liable…

Is everyone ready to welcome another Defero Law Star Blogger? Of course you are!



Tessa Armstrong has been on Defero Law since way back when. Originally a solicitor herself, Tessa now focuses her considerable talents on career coaching and supporting lawyers through what can be a stressful and challenging…

Everyone ready for another Star Blogger? This time round we're honouring Paul Hajek of Clutton Cox and Solicitors Marketing Success fame.

Paul has a great way with words…

Through 2013 we’re going to be shining the spotlight on some of Defero Law’s most prominent bloggers. Following up our first Star Blogger Q&A with Gillian Nuttall last week, the spotlight now turns on Yair Cohen.…

Throughout 2013, Defero Law will be recognising some of the community's best contributors with a series of Star Blogger Q&As.



It's our way of shining the spotlight on those who post insightful, interesting, provocative or humorous content on Defero Law. It's not a sponsored spot, far from it, it's simply a way of saying thank you and learning a bit more about our most active members.…

Sponsored post - the contents of this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of its author.

It’s no secret that the NHS is currently facing the biggest scheme of cost-cutting since its inception back in 1948. With the UK economy recovering from a double-dip recession, the Government has implemented some tough austerity measures and imposed strict budget guidelines on NHS trusts across the country.

The effects of these cuts are more or less reported on…

Another week and another law firm franchise launches. Next up .... Local Law.



Local Law have designed their model to utilise two specifics; Retailers and a significant PR & Marketing package. Another Quality Solicitors I hear you say? Well,…

John Lewis unveil their 2012 Christmas video and show us all how it's done. The middle-classes are queuing round the block as we speak.

Called 'The Journey', the new advert opens in a family's snow-covered garden, with children making a snowman and snowwoman (is that a thing?).



When the snowman has mysteriously disappeared the next morning, the audience is transported to a magical world, following the determined snowman on an epic journey across river, mountain,…

King & Spalding are currently running an attention-grabbing ad campaign across The Lawyer, Legal Week and Legal Business.

A Top 50 global firm, they have a high profile in the US, but are a little bit lost in the highly competitive London market.

Enlisting Design Agency Souskias Jones, King & Spalding have gone simple yet bold with these striking Pantone-paletted images, each with a simple Q&A. For a firm that doesn't site on the fence they seem quite happy in…

New 'Faceless' characters Springy, Coiners and Tready take a bow.

Love them or loathe them, you can't fault Quality Solicitors for their chutzpah. In a brazen swipe at the AA, Co-op, Tesco and anyone else you care to mention under the collective whisper of ABS, they've stepped up their 'nationwide awareness push' with two new videos, an infographic and some new 'characters' for the legal industry…

Always one to delve right into a Tweet telling me about a newly relaunched law firm website, I was all over Nadine Killoran's tweet asking me to check out Lees Solicitors' new website. As they say themselves, they are specialists in every area from divorce to moving home, wills to dispute resolution, so does the website do their multi-service practice justice? Let's axe down…

Filing a personal injury or clinical negligence claim is a tedious task and lengthy procedure but personal injury solicitor services are there to help. In this article, you will get familiar with a few of the issues to think about when claiming against perosnal injury.



Types of claims that can be filed against personal injuries are also given below.



Benefits of hiring personal injury solicitor

As a claimant you will get the necessary qualified…

Hot on the heels of last week's review of the new Clarion Solicitors website comes our hotly anticipated thoughts on Shoosmiths' new website. I say 'hotly' but it's probably more 'notly'.



Anyway, Shoosmiths have offices across the country with lawyers working in a wide-range of practice areas. Their site is largely…

Quality Solicitors have updated their For What Life Brings advert featuring 'Hard Road to Travel' with an added voiceover promising 24-hour response times, a 'free' first consultation and a host of other things that they 'do differently'.

I'm not sure whether the added voiceover was always planned or if it was a response to customers not identifying with…

So London-based Herbert Smith and Australian group Freehills have formally started trading under the same banner - Herbert Smith Freehills.

Herbert Smith Freehills International is expected to be the dominant player in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market in one of the biggest mergers the legal industry has seen in years. Check out their promo below, featuring sentences like "Diverse collection of driven individuals, driven by…

Clarion - a law firm which offers more. So says their not-so-long-ago revamped website, and if the new site is anything to go by then they probably do. "Good morning! How can we help you?". Nice touch, I'm already wondering that myself.



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