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22 May 2014

Who Ya Gonna Call?

ATE Insurance Providers, of course. House prices are on the rise and Ghost gazumping is becoming a real issue. What do you do combat this issue? Call Derek Acorah.

8 May 2014

Law and order: five myths about legal careers

Jonathan Nolan was asked by The Guardian to explain what it's really like to work in the legal industry.

28 Feb 2014

Time to get your career back on track

Look close and you may see that the blue skies are returning. 2013 saw more training contracts registered with the SRA than in 2012.

28 Feb 2014

Important tax update for llp's

Legislation is coming in from 6 April 2014 which will have a radical impact on the taxation of partners who are members of LLPs.

28 Feb 2014

2014's Happiest Person in Legal

The 2014 Benchmarker is a cracking read and not your usual one dimensional salary survey – download your copy now.

15 Jan 2014

We are back

We recently took a step back from our online and social media marketing whilst we evaluated the results of our first 6 months within this space and planned our future activity.

11 Dec 2013

NQ retention figures point to increase in confidence

Law firms are drawing confidence from the economic recovery according to figures from our NQ retention survey.

4 Nov 2013

Social Media Seminars

A good mixture of clients and candidates attended our Social Media seminars. Tom Cheesewright shared his wisdom and knowledge of all things online.

4 Nov 2013

The eagerly awaited Mitchell case is upon us

Interesting stuff and compelling viewing for anyone with a stake in the future of the UKs legal services.

3 Nov 2013

Sex, Lawyers and video tape

31st October saw a first when TV cameras recorded proceedings in one of the highest Courts in England and Wales.

8 May 2013

Is a career in Criminal law losing its appeal?

Our Director, Jonathan Nolan, provides some commentary in Legal Futures on the gloomy work/life balance prospects of Criminal Lawyers.

7 May 2013

Movement at the top

At Douglas Scott, we are witnessing a real, and very welcome step change in Partner and Head of Department recruitment.