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Cutting costs without cutting opportunity. Businesses up and down the country are looking at the current situation and considering where they can most effectively cut costs.

The legal sector is embracing a brave new world of providing legal services. We are no longer able to meet with clients face to face and are encountering difficulties in remaining regulatory compliant at a time when legal services are still in high demand.

The coronavirus crisis has led to an increase in phishing campaigns as cyber criminals take advantage of a heightened demand for information and a greater reliance on technology.

COVID-19 has instantly propelled many businesses into a remote working environment. For the Wills & Probate industry, face-to-face meetings with clients to organise their estate planning documents are on hold until further notice.

We are pleased to be welcoming back Mark Baxter, Barrister at 5 Stone Buildings who will be presenting the next Certainty Expert Webinar on Wednesday 15th April 2020 at 12.00pm, titled “Recent Court of Protection Cases of Note”.

SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions – has today launched Post Completion Services that enables legal professionals to manage and submit validated Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) returns and all HM Land Registry electronic Document Registration Service (eDRS) applications and requisitions – including the AP1 change of register form – as part of the conveyancing process.

First4Lawyers, the UK’s largest independent legal marketing collective, has received full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its activities as a Claims Management Company (CMC).

On 30 March, over 300 people attended our one hour webinar providing detailed advice and tips for surviving the current crisis. Feedback was very pleasing and we received many requests to repeat this event.

As we move into week two of pretty much full lockdown, it is interesting to see traffic trends as they relate to the traditional retail law firm landscape. At Moore Legal Technology, we work with law firms all over the UK and beyond to help them make the most of the Internet and its capacity to generate work.

Did you know Quill provides an electronic library of over 2,000 statutory forms and e-submissions to key agencies? With current working-from-home government measures becoming increasingly longer term in the united battle against COVID-19, law firms using printed legal forms need to switch to an electronic alternative as a matter of urgency.