Why Allocatur?

Why Allocatur? - originally a medieval latin word meaning "it is allowed". Now a legal term most commonly used in relation to allowances of lawyer's fees and expenses.

Why have I chosen this title?

Much of my life as a lawyer has been spent in the arcane world of "taxation of costs" - a area of law where the costs of lawyers are examined in all their minutiae. The costs to be allowed to the lawyer against his client, or to a successful party against an unsuccessful party, is what is set out in the "allocatur". But this blog is more than simply about legal costs. It will cover all aspects of practice management for lawyers, because the examination of legal costs involves an examination of how lawyers do their job.

How they do their job depends on factors ranging from how they relate to the client, to how they run their practices, from how they manage their time to what technology they use, and whether the six minute unit controls their life or is only a tool to be used.