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Podcast explores what makes a law firm worth buying in a changing legal market

19 May 2026

As private equity interest in the legal sector continues to grow, episode 32 features Abby Winkworth, who shares practical insight into what drives value in modern law firms and what it takes to build a scalable, investable business.


Fixed recoverable costs in professional negligence claims: Making earlier calls

19 May 2026

For claimant solicitors, the margin for exploratory investigation is narrower and early funding decisions carry greater weight. The emphasis is now on disciplined evaluation, realistic modelling and timely risk management.


The ILFM supports Legal Cashier Day 2026

15 May 2026

The ILFM has long-championed the fact that every law firm runs on the expertise of people who rarely get the recognition they deserve.


iManage MCP Server is now available to connect governed knowledge to the broader AI ecosystem

15 May 2026

Governed, auditable access to iManage content for AI replaces fragmented custom integrations, eliminates vendor lock-in, and keeps sensitive knowledge secure inside the iManage platform


One onboarding platform, not five

14 May 2026

As law firms grow, they often find themselves building a tech stack from a patchwork of different platforms and solutions from dozens of vendors.


Temple Legal Protection unveils new corporate identity and website to reflect next stage of growth

13 May 2026

Temple Legal Protection has launched a new corporate identity and website, bringing a clearer and more consistent approach to how it presents its services to clients and partners.


iManage launches playbook analysis to deliver faster, consistent contract reviews at scale

13 May 2026

New Ask iManage feature automatically applies your corporate legal team’s playbooks to every contract review – all within the secure iManage environment


AI will hallucinate: The question is whether you let it speak for you in court

13 May 2026

The High Court of England and Wales said as much in 2025: generative AI tools are “not capable of conducting reliable legal research” and can “make confident assertions that are simply untrue”.


SRA tightens its grip: AML enforcement intensifies further in 2026

13 May 2026

As the UK legal sector navigates an increasingly scrutinised regulatory landscape, 2026 marks a decisive escalation in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s anti-money laundering enforcement agenda.


Webinar to explore how SME law firms can turn data into strategic advantage

12 May 2026

Osprey Approach will host a webinar later this month, bringing together industry experts to explore how law firms can make better use of their data to improve performance, insight, and decision-making.

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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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