Inksters is 27 years old (pictured above are the birthday cup-cakes before they were eaten at the Inksterplex today). The past year has been one of the most eventful ones in the growth of the firm with seven new consultant solicitors joining us: Jane Clemetson Peter McLean-Buechel Karima Higgins Kevin Davidson Paulo de Moura Rory…
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Brian Inkster provides a New Year message to law firm partners who may be wishing things were different. They can be with Plug & Play Law! Download the Guide on the 9 Benefits of Plug & Play Law. Find out if you are a good fit for Plug & Play Law.
Jedi Lawyers have several traits that are commonly associated with them. These include: ▶️ Long flowing garments, usually accompanied by a brown hood – But in a Scottish Court best to stick to a traditional black flowing gown with no hood in order to keep on the good side of the Judge. ▶️ Lightsaber mastery…
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The perils of working for Big Law and the reasons why you just might want to escape from Big Law were recently highlighted by a presentation given by a senior associate at US law firm Paul Hastings to junior members of the firm. Non-Negotiable Expectations at Big Law The presentation sets out 10 non-negotiable expectations…
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At Inksters we are proud to say, on International Women’s Day, that 66.66% of our people are women. A healthy increase, up from 52% two years ago. Over the past two years, and all during the pandemic, we have added 5 new consultant solicitors to our team, and 4 of those are women: Stephanie Christie-Carmichael…
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A fee-share law firm this week announced that it is the first top 200 UK law firm to take payment in cryptocurrency. They claim this means it can work with a wider variety of clients and its ‘partners’ (self-employed consultant solicitors) can be paid how they choose. They are, of course, not the first law…
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Yesterday another English law firm set up shop in Scotland claiming to be the first fee-sharing law firm ever to operate north of Hadrian’s Wall. This was first claimed, also wrongly, by one of their English competitors back in May of this year. We have again contacted the publications where these erroneous claims have been…
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Hot on the heels of a fee-share law firm appearing in Scotland and claiming wrongly to be the first we now have two others arguing on social media over who provides the most support to their consultant solicitors. One said they provide the most support with 50 support staff. A second said that first one…
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It was amusing to see today a newly established law firm in Scotland, spun out from an English one, claim to be “the first fee-share law firm in Scotland” as they launch with just one consultant solicitor in the country. Ahem… Fee-share law firms are certainly not new to Scotland. Inksters have been doing just…
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From today, after 22 years in business, Inksters are concentrating purely on the consultancy business model. A model that Inksters first started to move towards over 8 years ago. Inksters transition is now complete to a law firm where all solicitors benefit financially directly from the fruits of their own labours. Inksters no longer have…
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