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Most Legal Futures readers will be well aware of the controversies whipped up among the legal profession by the scandal at the Post Office. Should the lawyers have blown the whistle? Were prosecutions made without sufficient disclosure to those charged? Where should an in-house lawyer’s allegiances lie? All these have been raised time and again on these pages over the past two or three years.

Walker Foster Solicitors, a law firm serving market towns and rural areas across the North of England for generations, is truly seeing the value in their investment of intelligent client onboarding technology developed by LFS.

With increased paperwork, expansive documentation, and more administrative overhead—the burden is high. Clio’s legal aid solution for law firms can give you hours—even days—back in your month.

When used intelligently and securely, your data can inform decision-making, promote efficiency, increase profitability, and help to nurture strong relationships with clients. Law firms that embrace digital transformation and that understand the importance of the data that they hold will find themselves ahead of competitors who are not so data driven. So, how can data help your law firm gain a competitive edge? 

The outlook for personal injury may look a little gloomy at present, but the overall mood was one of resilience among the firms that took part in our annual ‘State of the Market’ survey. Now in its sixth year, the survey aims to highlight the big issues affecting our sector by speaking to personal injury and clinical negligence lawyers.

Hudgell Solicitors has appointed two new members to its executive team to steer the firm into further growth. It has seen Michelle Maltby appointed as chief operating officer and Jonathon Wells join as chief financial officer.

Looking for missing beneficiaries can delay the administration of an estate, and it’s often difficult to work out where to focus your search efforts. Title Research’s blog post explores how to overcome the challenge of missing or unknown heirs during estate administration.

As the first, and currently only, legal cashiering provider partnered with the Law Society of England and Wales, we are delighted to invite you to join this free, highly informative webinar hosted both with the Law Society and alongside a range of experts including Tim Kidd, Chief Executive at the ILFM.

In our 17 May webinar, ‘What’s changing with legal forms in 2022’, our Chairman Julian Bryan was joined by Paul Clyde (Commercial Director at FormEvo) and Archie Courage (Managing Director at FormEvo) to discover changes and enhancements to the Quill Forms catalogue, with specific reference to the D81 and FormE, e-signature functionality, and the future roadmap for divorce and family forms. Here we caught up with Paul post-webinar for a helpful recap of what we covered on the day…

Butcher & Barlow has selected PracticeEvolve to consolidate operational software into one solution. Offering a full range of legal services, Butcher & Barlow operates from ten offices across the North West with 160 staff. With a focus on building long term relationships with clients, the team wanted to consolidate their software to ensure they could continue to provide a high level of service to their clients in a demanding environment.