Legal practice
A new kind of advocate; a new kind of chambers
Since 2007 Perren Buildings has been pioneering a way for solicitor advocates to work together in criminal practice. The last few years have seen solicitor advocates emerging as a significant presence in the Crown Courts, but we recognised that traditional firms do not necessarily offer the right support and career opportunities to Crown Court advocates. […]
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Pro bono law – getting organised online?
Around half of all solicitors occasionally do legal work for free. There is no reason to think the numbers for barristers and legal executives are any different. “Pro bono” advice – as it is known – occurs in many different contexts from phone advice in the office to evening law clinics in community centres to […]
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Alternative legal services – solicitors fight back
In the last two issues, we have heard from various suppliers of legal services who are reputable, serious and successful – but are not solicitors. Generally, these suppliers have identified particular types of legal work which can be standardised in some way and they are then able to attract customers, provide their product and collect […]
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Alternative legal services: part 2
How will legal services be delivered in future? In the last issue, we started to look at the delivery methods used by some of the key online providers of legal services who are not solicitors. We heard from Jamie Ross of Lawpack, which not only sells DIY materials themselves, but also supply these materials to […]
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Alternative legal services
How will legal services be “delivered” in future years? We start here a two-part series (to be continued in the next issue) looking at the delivery methods used by some of the key online providers and find out how they are planning to develop their services. We start with an article by Jamie Ross of […]
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