We are all getting old. In the UK especially so, due to declining fertility rates and people living longer. But are law firm demographics keeping up? There has been a concerted push for diversity and inclusion in gender, ethnicity and other underrepresented groups across the professional services sector, but have we done enough to include
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Partner Reviews and Compensation Decisions- Evaluating “Broader” Contributions
Do partner reviews, reward discussions and decisions fill you with dread?
In the third and final of my short posts designed to help leadership teams improve process and outcomes, I provide some tips on how to approach evaluating “broader” partner contributions. Those “hard to measure” contributions that fall outside short-term client service commitments and don’t…
3 of the Must-Know Partnership Law Cases of 2021
In this alert, Associate Pooja Dasgupta and Partners Zulon Begum and Clare Murray summarise three of the most notable and interesting Partnership and LLP law cases heard by the UK courts in 2021, with some practical commentary on how they might affect LLPs and partnerships, and their members and partners.
Law Firm Founder Conversations Podcast Episode 2: Joydeep Hor, Founder of People + Culture Strategies, Sydney, Australia
CM Murray LLP is delighted to share the second in their Law Firm Founder Conversations podcast series, in which Managing Partner Clare Murray discusses all things Law Firm Founder with Joydeep Hor, Founder and Managing Principal of leading Australian employment law firm and management consulting business, People + Culture Strategies (PCS).
PCS is…
What might the Future hold for Law and other Professional Services Firms? – Professional Practices Alliance Webinar Recording
We are delighted to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) webinar on ‘What might the Future hold for Law and other Professional Services Firms?’, in which our expert guest speakers from the Law Society of England and Wales (LSE&W) discuss the future of Law and Professional Services firms based…
Law Firm Founder Conversations Podcast Episode 1: Laura Devine, Founder and Managing Partner of Laura Devine Solicitors
CM Murray LLP is delighted to share the first in its Law Firm Founder Conversations podcast series, in which Managing Partner Clare Murray discusses all things Law Firm Founder with Laura Devine, Founder and Managing Partner of leading international immigrational law specialists, Laura Devine Solicitors (LDS), with offices in London and New York.…
Will firms run out of cash and what should they do about it? – Professional Practices Alliance Webinar Recording
Listen to the latest Professional Practices Alliance webinar recording, in which Chair Claire Watkins (Buzzacott), and speakers Zulon Begum (CM Murray LLP), Corinne Staves (Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP), James Currie (Buzzacott), and Rob Millard (Cambridge Strategy Group) discuss:
- How important it is for firms and partners to understand that taking advantage of the transitional period
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The End of Overlap Profits for Self-Employed Partners?
HMRC have released a consultation proposing that all self-employed businesses will be taxed on profits earned in a tax year, rather than on the profits of the accounting year ending in that tax year.
Under the current system, if a partnership’s year end does not tie in with the UK tax year end, when an…
Personal Risk Management for Partners – Professional Practices Alliance Webinar Recording
Partners of professional practices spend their entire careers focused on protecting the interests of their clients. This can sometimes be at the expense of their own planning.
We are pleased to share with you the recording from our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) expert discussion, ‘Personal Risk Management for Partners’.
In this podcast recording, you…
City partner ‘invented’ £1.4m billing figure, SDT hears
I’m not really following this SDT case, but it is interesting to see the SDT tackling the question of billing figures provided on a partner-move. It is clear that sharing confidential client data is not permitted under SRA Standards. And I would imagine internal data was contractually protected from unauthorised disclosure by a partner.…