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Why mobile-first onboarding is better
When it comes to onboarding, your clients want to do everything online. They want it quickly. They want it instantly. And they want to do it on their phone.
Farnworth Rose continues ambitious growth plans with strategic support from Osprey Approach
Farnworth Rose Solicitors continues its ambitious plans to double the size of the business over the next 12 months, supported by investment in operational infrastructure, digital transformation, and people development, alongside long-standing technology partner Osprey Approach.
Funding withdrawal and the growing pressure on claimant firms
The continued contraction of the litigation funding market has claimed another casualty, with a well-known personal injury practice recently announcing it will wind down after its funder withdrew financial backing.
The 2026 conveyancing reset: Why upfront data, digital ID, and AI-optimised workflows will define the next era of property transactions
When information is captured earlier, identity is verified faster, and documents are handled more intelligently, conveyancers regain time, clients feel more in control, and transactions stop stalling at the same old points.
Why the Wills Bill signals a need for lawyers to reassess their safeguards against document fraud
The landmark reform aims to modernise the laws governing wills through numerous amendments – including the introduction of electronic wills.
Qanooni partners with etiCloud to support secure AI adoption in UK law firms
Legal AI platform Qanooni has partnered with managed service provider etiCloud to help UK law firms deploy artificial intelligence securely within their existing Microsoft environments.
Empowering Law Firm Leaders Podcast: The good, the bad, and the ugly of legal tech for SME law firms
The latest episode shares practical, first hand advice on why legal tech projects falter, how to plan for success, and how SME law firms can adapt when things don’t go to plan.
Client matter risk assessments: Think first, tick second
Client matter risk assessments (CMRAs) have moved from back‑office paperwork to the frontline of regulatory scrutiny for conveyancers.
Managing duplicate motor finance claims: What firms need to know
Firms are expected to take steps to ensure consumers understand what they are signing and to act in their best interests. Cooperation between representatives is encouraged where multiple agreements exist.
Qualified electronic signatures in conveyancing: Why QES matters now
With HM Land Registry’s full acceptance of eiDAS Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), digital conveyancing has reached a turning point. For property lawyers, QES is no longer a “nice to have”, it is fast becoming essential.
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How does the legal profession become neuroinclusive?
My learning journey as mum to an autistic son with profound additional needs completely changed the way in which I work as a child protection lawyer.
The real cure for inequality at law firms? Listening
How can men, as one male panellist put it, “get out of the way of people coming up through the ranks?”
Most of these conversations only happen after the men leave the room.
Andy Burnham and the Hillsborough Law: should solicitors be worried?
Now that Andy Burnham has become prime minister, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, otherwise known as the Hillsborough Law, will receive a real boost of political capital.
