Conscious Solutions acquires Law Firm Marketing Club
The Law Firm Marketing Club (LFMC), established by legal marketing expert Clare Fanner, has announced its transfer of ownership to Conscious Solutions. The LFMC offers a range of resources and services, including creating opportunities for law firm marketers and leaders to collaborate, webinars, podcasts, research, and networking opportunities. Conscious Solutions is a well-established digital marketing […]
Save the date: Inaugural Today’s Family Lawyer Conference
Today’s Family Lawyer is thrilled to announce its Inaugural Family Law Conference, a must-attend event for professionals in the private family law field. Set to be held in Manchester on Wednesday 27th September 2023, this comprehensive conference will delve into crucial aspects of private family law, including financial remedies, “One lawyer, two client”, mediation, and […]
Half of law firms expecting to grow in 2023
LexisNexis has released their latest Bellwether report which reveals that 46% of law firms are expecting to grow throughout tthe duration of this year. The report also revealed that whilst there is a desire for growth, the industry is less bullish than it was in 2021 when 66% predicted growth. 38% expect to remain stable. What’s […]
Family Law Reform Now: A collaborative push for change
This article was written by Dr. Charlotte Bendall (University of Birmingham) and Dr. Samantha Davey (University of Essex), on behalf of the Family Law Reform Now network. The Family Law Reform Now Network currently seeks practitioner engagement with one or more of our projects. Who are we? The Family Law Reform Now network was set up […]
Women’s Aid Patron Melanie Brown MBE calls for domestic abuse to be ‘key election issue’
Women’s Aid’s manifesto for the 2024 general election calls for the national prioritisation of domestic abuse and other forms of VAWG, and for political parties to pledge their commitment to their three key pillars for change: INVEST to save: fund specialist women’s services to save lives and money Investment in specialist domestic abuse services, including […]
Nagalro joins calls to end smacking of children in England
Nagalro has joined calls made by the NSPCC and Barnardo’s last March to end corporal punishment for children in England. Nagalro – the professional association for children’s guardians, family court advisers, and independent social workers – pointed out that the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales have already changed their laws so that all children […]
Boost to childcare payments marks ‘first step in largest expansion of childcare’
The Department for Work and Pensions has revealed that Universal Credit’s maximum childcare payments will rise nearly 50% – up to £1,630 per month – from 28th June. As part of the Government’s “biggest ever expansion to childcare provision”, low-income families will be able to access increased childcare support worth a total of £900 million […]
The Ombudsman’s Corner: June 2023
This month, I want to talk about our Technical Advice service. We are committed to being accessible to our stakeholders, so we decided to set up a dedicated email address technical.advice@legalombudsman.org.uk in November 2021 for service providers to contact us to obtain advice and guidance on a range of issues relating to complaints, complaints handling […]
