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Catherine Brown
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Barrister turned coach and trainer Catherine Brown identifies the areas in which lawyers commonly fail to communicate clearly, and suggests a number of ways they can avoid confusing their clients.
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Rachel Sharp, who specialises in serious clinical negligence and catastrophic injury cases, explains importance of taking a client-centric approach to holistic care for those involved in personal injury cases.
Alastair Frew
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Alastair Frew, Partner in the Real Estate practice at Lodders Solicitors, reviews the background to Right to Roam, its impact on landowners and countryside walkers, and what changes the government may have in its sights.
Daniel Stern
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After attempts to amend the Fire Safety Bill failed, and the bill passed into law, liability for remedial work on apartment buildings with unsafe cladding remains with leaseholders. Daniel Stern proposes a possible solution.
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Adrian Denson
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Ann Page
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Stuart Snape, Managing Partner of Manchester-based Graham Coffey & Co Solicitors, shares his passions and interests with The Brief.
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The 27th Smith & Williamson law firm survey in association with The Lawyer, shows an increasingly confident sector, with 97% of respondents reasonably or very confident about the business outlook for their firm, up from a combined 80% in 2020.
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After more than a year of predominantly working from home, teams are now beginning to return to office premises in greater numbers. How are legal firms managing this transition and what might the “new normal” look like in the long term? The Brief finds out.
Together with Law.Com International, Smith & Williamson’s analysis of the latest set of filed accounts for the top 50 UK law firms for 2019/20, suggests that despite the pandemic arriving just before their year ends, they still felt the seismic effects.
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