FD Legal: Current Issue

Current issue

Volume 3 Issue 2

Features

Undertaking an effective file audit as part of a risk-management framework This article is for subscribers only
Mike Pretty provides a 'how to' guide to monitoring and reviewing your risk-management framework with a file audit.

Limiting liability for solicitors This article is for subscribers only
In the first of two features, Peter Ashford considers the legal and regulatory framework against which limitation can be introduced and examines the application of limitation provisions in practice, as well as the use of more sophisticated limitation provisions.

The strategic use of IT in law firms This article is for subscribers only
In the second part of two features, Neil Cameron examines the technology strategy, from reviewing your existing IT to formulating your plan.

The myths and realities of LLP conversion This article is for subscribers only
As firms seek to protect themselves from business losses, Simon Young unravels the reasoning behind LLP conversion.

Q&A: A day in the life of Shoosmiths' chief executive and its finance director This article is for subscribers only
Paul Stothard and Chris Stanton tell Joanna Lee about their roles at Shoosmiths and how they interact.

Cover story: Making your headcount, count: thinking laterally and innovatively to stay in business Free
With all the alarm bells going off about a recession, and our Prime Minister now saying the depressing words about a global recession in parliament (22/10/2008), it seems we should believe the doom mongers. The fact that everyone is talking themselves into this deepening recession is a reflection of the power of the press, TV and other media – and our desire to believe ‘bad news’. Bad news sells – but so does good news, and we all need a ‘drop of hope’ in amongst all this gloom.
By Patricia Wheatley Burt

Regulars

Last word This article is for subscribers only
Avoiding the financial squeeze with achievable financial management best practices
By David Thorpe

Risk focus: Managing risk in a credit crunch This article is for subscribers only
Frank Maher's regular risk-focus column.

The future for employee benefits This article is for subscribers only
Robin Hames looks at the immediate future, the longer term and how to appeal to the new generation of employees.

Thought leader This article is for subscribers only
What if the bank fails? By Andrew Scott

Editor's letter Free
Welcome to the December/January issue of FD Legal. I had hoped to bring some early Christmas cheer to this issue; however I fear that Father Christmas will be bringing nothing less than a full-blown recession down the chimneys of one and all.
As for the countdown to the New Year, given the current climate, I think the following would be more appropriate than the usual merriment:
10…thousand jobs to be cut by BT – the latest in what can only be described as a worldwide Christmas cull, with law firm redundancies a permanent fixture in the headlines.