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ARAG & Maxima: 5 years of partnership
Launched five years ago, Optimise was created by ARAG in partnership with Maxima to address this gap, giving smaller and specialist firms a clearer route to a fully delegated authority scheme.
Property industry reaction to monthly property transaction statistics via HMRC
“Today’s transaction data reveals the extent of the challenges facing not only the UK property market, but our wider economy. Any thought that we were already past the worst of it has proven misplaced.
Where does your legal AI live? It is the only question that sorts the category
Ziyaad Ahmed, of Qanooni AI, explores where legal AI lives, and why it is the only question that sorts the 400-plus vendor universe before signing a multi-year deal.
Why replacement vehicle claims are increasing after UK road traffic accidents
At National Claims, we are seeing increasing numbers of enquiries from drivers seeking advice about replacement vehicle after accident arrangements, particularly where repairs are taking far longer than expected.
Poole Alcock: Using The National Will Register to make wills easier to find
According to The National Wills Report 2025, half of UK adults haven’t told anyone where their will is stored – or even if one exists.
Claims against non-traditional professionals: A developing area for professional negligence
Professional negligence claims have traditionally centred on established professions such as solicitors, accountants and architects. However, an increasing number of disputes now involve advisers whose roles sit alongside or support major transactions, projects and regulatory processes.
Efimis continues to expand AI capabilities with Eve, its in-app AI assistant for legal finance
Embedded directly within the Efimis platform, Eve enables users to self-serve financial information and operational insights through natural language queries, reducing reliance on manual reporting processes and internal query handling.
How P4B Law modernised its legal tech with Osprey Approach
For P4B Law, ease of use quickly became one of the defining factors in the decision-making process. Early demonstrations of Osprey Approach highlighted how much simpler everyday tasks could become compared to the firm’s previous system.
Nearly six in ten regulated firms not ready for incoming AML law changes, survey finds
With new money laundering regulations expected to come into force as early as late June, compliance professionals across legal, financial services and accounting say their firms are still catching up
The growing impact of manual handling accidents across UK industries
Manual handling forms a critical part of Britain’s logistics, warehousing, healthcare, retail and construction economy, with work-related musculoskeletal disorders now affecting more than half a million UK workers annually. Manual handling injuries rarely make national headlines.
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The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing
Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.
Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.
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