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02 December 2022 / Andy Cullwick
Issue: 8005 / Categories: Features , Profession , Legal services , Marketing , Technology
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Law firms: survival of the fittest?

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Andy Cullwick considers how law firms are facing up to an uncertain future, & how they can best adapt to it
  • The latest White Paper from First4Lawyers looks at the big issues affecting law firms and what they are doing to prepare themselves for the difficult year ahead.
  • Whiplash reforms continue to bite, with a quarter of firms exiting the small claims road traffic accident market and more set to follow.
  • Despite the popularity of review sites, just over a third of firms read or respond to what is said about them online.

It’s at this time of year that we start seeing predicted legal trends for the next 12 months. Sadly, the outlook for 2023 is not so much of a prediction as a foregone conclusion. Rising inflation and the impending recession make it likely that the months ahead will be difficult for many, but particularly for law firms in the personal injury (PI) sector, the number of which has dropped significantly in the last 18 months.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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