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Rachel Hatton, partner and employment law solicitor at Nelsons, discusses “fire and rehire” and the legal changes that will affect this practice from January 2027.
Donna-Marie McGrath, business and legal leadership strategist and ADHD performance specialist, explains how law firms can avoid losing their sharpest minds.
Becoming an equity partner is, financially, very different from being an employee. Colin Tomlinson of Pareto Financial Planning explains the implications.
F1 teams work constantly on the variables that deliver success, often making decisions and adjustments in real-time during races. The Chief Technology Officer of the enterprise content management platform NetDocuments says firms should take a similar approach to legal tech.
Charlotte Perry, Family Partner at Knights’ Cheltenham office, shares a glimpse into her working life with The Brief.
Smriti Sinha is the general counsel of global legal tech software and services company, Opus 2, leading a lean legal team supporting offices across the UK, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, and UAE. She shares a “typical” day in her working life.
Satish Jakhu is Managing Director and Head of Dispute Resolution at the Birmingham firm RLK Solicitors. He shares his daily routine with The Brief.
The founder and CEO of Rochdale-based motoring defence firm Scarsdale Solicitors shares a day in her working life and explains how her business has introduced a new career framework to ensure all its staff can thrive and grow.
20 questions gets under the skin of the UK’s leading lawyers
Why should lawyers engage with the media, and how should they go about it? The Brief dips its toe into the world of PR.
Where in Britain do lawyers get the most bang for their buck, lifestyle-wise? The Brief updates its analysis of salary and housing market data to identify the most, and least, affordable legal centres.
How do law firms define their core values and embed them at the heart of their workplace cultures? The Brief investigates.
Mary Nowell, Managing Director, reflects on the national private practice market in 2025 and considers the prospects for 2026.