Modern Law Magazine Issue 23

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The Business of Law

April 2016 | Issue 23 | ISSN 2050-5744 Regional Focus: Cardiff In the sixth instalment of Modern Law’s regional focus, Charlotte Parkinson, Modern Law speaks to the new President of Cardiff & District Law Society, Paul Hopkins. Strategies for profitability in law firms Andrew Otterburn considers the financial issues legal practitioners still have to consider - despite a period of buoyancy for many firms over the last year and a half.

“[The hourly rate] is never going to give a firm a competitive edge unless it is ruinously low” Stephen Gold

John Beggs QC “We won’t be cowed by hostile media commentary. The fundamental principle of the English Bar and a liberal democracy is that everyone is entitled to a strong defence”

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