Author: Tessa Shepperson
Tessa Shepperson qualified as a solicitor in 1990 and set up in sole practice in 1994 as TJ Shepperson. Tessa developed an expertise in residential landlord and tenant law which she then used for her online services. She is passionate about the internet and as well as her popular membership site and blog, has developed many other online kits and ebooks. She is also a director of training company Easy Law Training Ltd, which provides online training, workshops and an annual Landlord Law Conference. Tessa writes about working on the web (including a blogging guide) on her blog Working on the Web.
Working on the web
I have been working on the web for a long time. I set up my first website in the 1990s and my membership site, Landlord Law, which I set up in 2001, is my main source of income now. So what have I learned over the years? And how can my experience help you? Being […]
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A sole practitioner in the internet age
I have been fascinated by the internet ever since I discovered, on buying my first computer when setting up as a sole practitioner in 1994, that there was this thing called the internet, where computers could talk to each other through telephone lines. I truly believe that it will bring in changes of the same […]
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QualitySolicitors – the brand
There can be very few solicitors unaware of the arrival of the QualitySolicitors brand on the legal landscape. With strong colours, launch parties, and snazzy advertising, they have made an immediate impact on the High Street. A change of plan Last year I wrote an article about QualitySolicitors (QS) as part of a series on […]
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LawNet – stronger together
In this series on referral companies, I have so far looked at Quality Solicitors, a very new player run by a barrister for solicitors, and Contact Law, a non-solicitor run organisation which started in 2005. LawNet is very different from both of these. Started in 1989 by Simon Maddox, a visionary solicitor in Birmingham, it […]
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Contact Law – making Tesco law work
Contact Law are big players in the solicitors referral field. The company was started in 2005 by James Vintin and Dan Watkins as they felt that there was an opening for a service to help members of the public find a suitable solicitor. They were also interested in developing services to help solicitors deal with […]
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Quality Solicitors – taking on the big boys
“I would like to make it clear” said Craig Holt, barrister, founder and CEO of Quality Solicitors “that this is not just a referral company, providing leads to solicitors. It is much more than that.” Right. So what is it then? It all started when Craig moved to Leicestershire and had difficulties in finding a […]
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Developing a niche practice online
The rapid development of the internet is something which will radically change our working environment. To survive in this new world, solicitors must work with the new technologies to develop new ways to provide legal services. We need to be the innovators ourselves, using the solicitors brand as a guarantee of quality. This, however, needs […]
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