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19 April 2023
Issue: 8021 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession , Marketing
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Keeping clients in the loop

100% of general counsel (GCs) surveyed believe it is their law firms’ responsibility to keep them informed of relevant legal developments.

However, more than 90% said their legal providers could be better at this. 61% prefer to work with firms that proactively keep them updated, and nearly half would not work with law firms that don’t. The survey, by content marketing software company Passle, was completed by 50 UK GCs and 50 US GCs.

It found GCs want content that is relevant, topical and written by a qualified legal expert with their own insights. Three-quarters said their law firm’s website was their main source of information. However, most used other platforms too, such as email alerts, newsletters, news stories, podcasts, webinars and white papers.

Connor Kinnear, chief marketing officer at Passle, said: ‘A proper content strategy is fast becoming a must have.’

Adam Wardel, GC at nClouds, said: ‘We’re busy and we want law firms that can tell us the critical information in a concise way.’

Issue: 8021 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession , Marketing
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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