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In-House Versus Managed Resourcing for Firms

A practice manager sees the pressure long before it appears in a monthly report. Documents are waiting to be formatted, client follow-ups are slipping, fee ...
Legal Secretary vs Virtual Assistant Which Fits

Legal Secretary vs Virtual Assistant: Which Fits?

A legal secretary vs virtual assistant comparison can look like a question of job titles. For a law firm, it...
How to Prioritise Legal Workload Without Missed Deadlines

How to Prioritise Legal Workload Without Missed Deadlines

A client calling for an update is rarely the real problem. The real problem is often that their matter has...
12 Offshore Staffing Questions to Ask First

12 Offshore Staffing Questions to Ask First

A backlog of formatting, file management, billing support or conveyancing administration rarely arrives at a convenient time. Before adding capacity,...
Managed Team Versus Freelancers for Law Firms

Managed Team Versus Freelancers for Law Firms

A solicitor should not have to spend Friday afternoon chasing the status of a formatting job, re-explaining a precedent, or...
Professional Services Resourcing Guide for Firms (1)

Professional Services Resourcing Guide for Firms

A growing workload is usually good news, until senior people are formatting documents at night, client deadlines depend on goodwill,...
Offshore Versus Local Bookkeeping Compared (1)

Offshore Versus Local Bookkeeping Compared

A bookkeeper’s hourly rate is only one line in the cost of keeping your finances in order. The larger cost...
How to Streamline Document Production at Scale

How to Streamline Document Production at Scale

A matter is ready to progress, but the correspondence is in the wrong template, the annexures have inconsistent labels, and...
Business Bookkeeping Compliance Guide for SMEs

Business Bookkeeping Compliance Guide for SMEs

A missed receipt is rarely the real problem. The bigger risk is the process that allowed it to be missed:...
How to Delegate Legal Drafting Without Losing Control

How to Delegate Legal Drafting Without Losing Control

A senior solicitor spending Friday afternoon reformatting a 70-page affidavit is not a quality-control system. It is expensive capacity being...