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Strategy

This section covers succession, specialisation, mergers, selling a law firm, becoming a partner, and business structure

Finance and accounting

How to set up your firm’s systems to provide the information that enables you to improve profitability and cashflow

Avoiding claims. Insurance

How to avoid professional negligence claims, with examples of common problems and suggested solutions. Plus FAQs on PII

Compliance

This is a new section and only covers SRA Accounts Rules and GDPR at the moment. Compliance for start-ups is covered in the Starting up section.

Cyber security

How to protect your law firm from cyber attacks. What steps to take if your systems are hacked

Managing people

How to recruit and retain a team that is both happy and highly effective, dealing with the HR issues along the way

Marketing basics

In marketing, like anything, you need to get the basics right. Otherwise the time and money you invest in marketing will be wasted

Winning more clients

How to win new clients, make the most of existing relationships, encourage referrals and generate new leads

Your website

How to approach creating a law firm website that works, from agreeing your objectives to making sure you get the results you want

Social media

Why lawyers need to know about social media, how to make the most of the opportunities and how to avoid potential pitfalls

PR and advertising

How to use PR to build your firm’s reputation; and how to create cost-effective advertising – traditional and online – that delivers results

Starting up

How to plan and execute the process of starting up a new legal practice that is compliant and financially healthy

Dishonesty risk in legal service delivery - Podcast 3

In this 2020 podcast Paul Smith, a solicitor and risk management consultant at Travelers, reveals 36 dishonesty scenarios – where a law firm's staff, clients or external criminals can potentially steal money or assets during various legal transactions.

The examples cover residential property and lending, trust and probate, commercial litigation and many other situations.

By the end of the video you will know how these different risks can develop and what measures to use to control them.

This is the third in a series of 'Ten-minute briefings' on YouTube, to share Travelers' knowledge around risks in legal practice. It is based on our claims experience here at Travelers over almost 20 years, covering all law firms from sole practitioners to global law firms.

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