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Client closeness to client capture—exploring lawyer-client relationships

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Published on: 22 January 2016

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Table of contents

How has the development of close relationships between large companies and law firms affected professional independence?
What are the risks inherent to such close relationships?
How can law firms guard against a lack of professional independence?
How have the legal regulators involved themselves in this aspect of legal work?
What predictions can you make for the future in terms of the relationship between law firms and major clients?

Article summary

Practice Compliance analysis: Are the increasingly close relationships between lawyers and corporate clients a cause for concern? The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) commissioned a report in 2015 to understand the workings of the lawyer-client relationship in larger law firms. Its author, Steven Vaughan, senior lecturer and director of research at Birmingham Law School’s Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER), shares its findings, and urges lawyers to pay close attention to their professional obligations.

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