Legal night news: which firms have the most lawyers?
This is a very personal question, but the best lawyers can be trusted to do the right thing, says a new report by the British Bar Association.
The Bar is concerned about the rise of the private sector, which is largely dominated by firms that are not regulated by the government.
But there is a wide range of firms that offer legal services.
Here are the top 10 firms that have the best legal expertise: A law firm may be the best way to get the best outcome from a court case, but that doesn’t mean the firm will always be right, according to a new study.
It’s possible to negotiate a better deal than you could on the court and that can sometimes make the legal service less expensive, the study found.
“It’s hard to say whether a firm’s advice is always right,” says Kate Stoddart, a law professor at the University of Leicester who led the research.
“But it does give us some insight into the best firms to work with and the best practices.”
This is not an exhaustive list.
It is based on the bar’s review of more than 30 years of data on more than 300 lawyers.
But the Bar does recommend that lawyers work together to come up with a better solution.
A lot depends on the specific issue.
“We think there are many factors that influence the outcomes that a lawyer will achieve,” Stoddarts says.
“The key is to find the right firm for the job, so the law firm can offer that expertise, not just as a means to get results.”
Find out more about how the Bar’s study was conducted.
How do we decide which firms to trust?
Lawyers may choose a firm that is well-regarded, the Bar says.
It may be that a firm is well known, or it may have a reputation for delivering a good legal service.
“If it’s known for the best-performing legal teams, then that might be a good choice,” says Stoddars research team member Claire Pugh, a lawyer in the area of privacy and personal data protection.
The researchers also look at the quality of the firm and its legal team.
A firm may have an established reputation for having good lawyers, or a good reputation for taking ethical risks.
But “the quality of lawyers in general is quite low, so it’s quite difficult to know which is better,” Stoodart says.
This is why she recommends that lawyers choose the firm that they trust the most.
A lawyer’s experience matters “because if they’re doing it because they love the profession, that is probably going to be a better choice,” she says.
Stoddard’s research team also looked at the legal practice of lawyers who have taken a fee-for-service approach to the law, which means they don’t work for a pay-for‑performance basis.
“There are some companies that are offering this, and they do make money, but they don: they’re very expensive,” Stowell says.
