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The Changing Face of a Law Firm - Jeanette Aspinall, Fletchers Solicitors

09/10/13. When the delayed Jackson reforms finally came into effect in April this year, firms across the UK braced for the worst. Six months on, Jeanette Aspinall, head of medical negligence at Fletchers Solicitors, reveals an industry in flux and how the changes have led to innovation.

Earlier this year, redundancies, corporate mergers, even bankruptcy felt imminent for many. Indeed, since the changes to civil litigation were introduced under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, both...

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