FOCUS OF THE DAY: Law firms urged to reinvent themselves in LASPO era - the changes in the legal market, particularly the ability of ordinary people to access justice, means law firms have to reinvent themselves, one of the country’s best-known solicitors has claimed. Full story - Legal Futures
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