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Articles and analysis from a 30-year practitioner — not an observer.
The Hillsborough Law is built for the inquiry room. The record from Hillsborough, Aberfan, Grenfell, infected blood and the Post Office shows the public story is settled long before that room opens. Six amendments peers could table in October to give families a voice, a record and a right to be told first.
Read articleFrom Hillsborough to Grenfell, the people responsible often tried to shape the public story while the victims were grieving. The talk, as delivered to claimant group-litigation lawyers at CORLA, and a proposal for victim support during the first three days after a disaster.
Read articleLegora doesn't publish a price list, so the numbers in circulation are rivals' estimates. What they say, what a firm actually gets, the costs that sit under the headline, and the questions to ask a UK firm's account manager.
Read articleLegora started as a secure layer over OpenAI's models. Today it runs Claude and other models alongside its own research assets after buying Qura, Walter and Wexler. What the label means, and the question that matters more for firms weighing it up.
Read articleA UK buyer's guide to legal AI: raw models versus platforms versus point solutions, the small-firm route without minimum seat commitments, SRA and UK GDPR duties, and six questions to put to any vendor.
Read articleWhat law firms should remember before raising the profile of a case: consent is ongoing, the client's voice comes first, the narrative is contested, and restraint is the mark of doing it well.
Read articleLegal AI wrappers like Harvey and Legora are being commoditised by the foundation models they sit on. Why no shared tool differentiates a firm — and why that's business development's moment.
Read articleDirectory submissions consume more senior BD time than any other recurring task in legal marketing. Here's what that actually costs — and why the fix isn't another consultant.
Read articleFirms obsess over matter quality when chasing directory rankings. The evidence suggests referee strategy matters more — and the firms best positioned to climb aren't necessarily the ones with the biggest deal lists.
Read articleMost firms treat each directory submission as if it starts from a blank page. The fix is conceptually simple: capture matter information once and render it many ways. Here's what that infrastructure looks like.
Read articleAfter three decades working at director level inside law firms, the same misconceptions about marketing appear again and again at the top table. Here are the most damaging — and how to fix them.
Read articleThe legal AI market is flooded with products built by people who have never worked in a law firm. Here is what actually delivers value — and what is just expensive noise.
Read articleAfter analysing 493 one-star Trustpilot reviews across 15 leading UK claimant law firms, the patterns are clear: poor communication, missed updates, and a failure to treat clients as people. Here is what the data reveals.
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