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The article reports on a survey conducted by the market research organisation Ipsos MORI related to the poll on most trusted profession in Great Britain. It states that judges were the third most trustworthy profession after doctors and teachers. It also mentions that lawyers are ranked twelfth followed by the National Health Service (NHS) managers and local councillors.

The article presents information on a new research conducted by the periodical "The Lawyer," according to which the optimum ratio of fee-earners to business services staff for law firms headquartered in Great Britain is 0.7:1. The report includes benchmarking data for business services teams at law firms, including human relations (HR), marketing, and public relations (PR). It states that the law firm DLA Piper LLP has the largest number of business services staff worldwide.

The article presents information on a new research conducted by the periodical "The Lawyer," according to which the optimum ratio of fee-earners to business services staff for law firms headquartered in Great Britain is 0.7:1. The report includes benchmarking data for business services teams at law firms, including information technology (IT), marketing, and public relations (PR). It states that the law firm DLA Piper LLP has the largest number of business services staff worldwide.

The author discusses the status of women holding senior management roles in the British legal services industry. Topics include "The Lawyer's" article "Where are the women law firm leaders?" which highlights the number of women with senior management roles in the industry, public relations (PR), and gender diversity in the workplace.

The article discusses the research conducted by the Legal News Service (LNS) which examines the public relations (PR) expense of the top 50 law firms in Great Britain. The research found that firms with regular external agencies spend over £150,000 million a year on PR. It shows that 82 per cent of the firms instruct an external PR or consultant, while 70 per cent instruct agencies based on the hours worked.

The author reflects on the failure of the public relations (PR) campaign against the British government's legal aid proposals as of June 10, 2013. She says that since the debate over giving legal aid to asylum seekers or to judicial review (JR) is framed by wider political issues, the campaign should have used a rapid rebuttal unit. She also explains that the government is proposing payment for permission work in JR cases only if JR applications are successful.

Presents various developments affecting the legal services sector in Great Britain. Transfer of Allen & Overy press relations officer Jo Shepherd to a new apartment in Battersea; Inclusion of novelist Baroness Janet Cohen as judge to The Lawyer Awards; Comments of a corporate insider regarding the crumbling international network of Coudert Brothers.

Reports that parliamentary and planning firm Bircham Dyson Bell has taken its public relations (PR) venture a step further with the hire of its first journalist, forming an alliance of lawyers, PR experts and journalists in Great Britain. Recruitment of journalist Frank le Duc as a communications consultant of the Westminster office in England; Views of Robb Owen, Bircham’s head of parliamentary, public law and planning, on the impact of having a journalist in the company.

Offers advice on the complaint of a British public relations professional about a lecture where the audience responded to his presentation with laughter.