Monthly Archives: September 2010

Poppy in a Wheatfield

In a changed economic climate and with legal de-regulation on the way, competition for legal services promises to become fiercer.  Standing out from this jostling crowd of business-hungry vultures is essential, but how do you do it? Differentiation is the key word here. “Ah, she’s talking about having a USP… but there’s no such thing [...]

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More on Branding

With ABSs only one year away, the brands are on the march into the legal services market. The Law Society Gazette reported on  HighStreetLawyer.com, a new legal brand set up by solicitor Gary Yantin, as the latest business venture to try and and create a nationally recognised brand for solicitors.  Quality Solicitors is already some [...]

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Legal Services by Subscription?

In my last post on this blog, which I am ashamed to say was far too long ago, I asked whether fixed fee pricing was the way forward for solicitors. My conclusion was that that is the way the profession must go: hourly rates must be on the way out. But I think there is [...]

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