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By Ian Hopkins
The demand for lawyers in the UK legal profession currently outstrips supply tilting the market strongly in the candidates’ favour.
In this article Ian Hopkins Senior Associate Consultant with cpm21 provides advice on steps smaller firms can take to improve their chances of successfully recruiting.
By Ian Hopkins
Law firms are people businesses, so it is inevitable that conflict will arise from time to time.
In this article cpm21 Senior Associate Consultant Ian Hopkins examines some of the causes of conflict within law firms, why its important to deal with the conflict when it arises and provides tips for law firm leaders on how to resolve the conflict.
By Ian Hopkins
Change is the ever constant for those involved in law firm management, as those law firms that opt for the status quo are losing ground to their competition. But what about the diligent staff of a typical law firm? What should law firm leaders do, to prepare staff for necessary business changes?
By Ian Hopkins
Cpm21 Senior Associate Consultant Ian Hopkins has been accredited as a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute
By Paul Jones
As we have said in our articles on the subject over the last 2 years, the Anti-Money Laundering focus by the Solicitors Regulation Authority is not short term, it is here to stay and will continue to be a focal point for the regulator.
By Ian Hopkins
In this article, Ian Hopkins Senior Associate Consultant at cpm21 gives his Top Tips on what Managing Partners and Finance Directors should be thinking about currently
By Ian Hopkins
cpm21 Senior Associate Consultant Ian Hopkins attended the recent Law Management Section Annual Conference at Chancery Lane, mixing with law firm leaders from law firms across England and Wales.
By Wayne Williams
CPM21’s Managing Director, Wayne Williams MBA and our Senior Associate Consultant, Ian Hopkins MBA were pleased to attend the Senedd on 26th April 2022, for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) reception.
By Paul Jones
CQS members may recall that in 2019 the Law Society updated the CQS Core Practice Management Standards (CPMS) to much fanfare and publicity?
If so, then they may be forgiven for not noticing that the CPMS are changing again, ....
By Wayne Williams
We are delighted to welcome Ian Hopkins to CPM21 as Senior Associate Consultant.
Ian brings a wealth of law firm management experience as a former Managing Partner and Chief Executive of UK Top 250 Law firms Leo Abse and Cohen, Warners LLP, Debenhams Ottaway LLP and B P Collins LLP.
Most recently Ian was Regional Director at UK Top 50 AIM listed firm Ince, with responsibility for the development of Ince’s Cardiff and Bristol offices.