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Law firm savings

06 October 2016
Issue: 7717 / Categories: Legal News
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Small and medium-sized law firms keep an average of £354,000, or 60% of their funds, squirreled away in business savings accounts, bank research has revealed. Charities invest the most, 77% of total funds, in business savings and the national average is 57%, according to research by Hampshire Trust Bank. More than one quarter of law firms said they were increasing the amount of cash in their firms, to build a cash buffer against unpredictable times following the EU Referendum.

Issue: 7717 / Categories: Legal News
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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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