associate news
The essential environmental ‘search pack’ for development deals
As a property or real estate lawyer, we know your clients rely on you to foresee risks before they become liabilities. Getting your due-diligence right before acquiring a site is essential to understand the sites development viability.
Express Chambers – the new name for Express Solicitors’ advocacy team
The established advocacy team at Express Solicitors has launched its own brand identity and will now be known as Express Chambers.
The secure legal practice checklist
When data and trust are your currencies, protecting them requires a clear understanding of threat exposure, regulatory obligations and client expectations. This checklist sets out 10 critical cybersecurity steps law firms should be taking.
iManage expands AI capabilities with appointment of Mike Eichsteadt as Vice President of AI Engineering
iManage has announced the appointment of Mike Eichsteadt as Vice President of AI Engineering, underscoring the company’s continued investment in expanding scalable, practical, and trusted AI capabilities across its platform.
Empowering Law Firm Leaders Podcast: How to successfully implement legal tech
This podcast coincides with many law firms planning new software investments for early 2026 and offers practical insight into how firms can successfully select, implement, and embed legal technology for long term benefits.
Widespread “wait-and-see” approach to home-moving in Q4 2025 leaves market on pause
Residential property trend data for Q4 2025 saw the market ending the year in a subdued and cautious state, as uncertainty surrounding potential Budget measures slowed activity in the final months of 2025.
Ensuring fair access to justice for vulnerable clients
Vulnerabilities can affect a client’s ability to effectively partake in legal proceedings, recognising signs of vulnerability is key in ensuring appropriate adjustments and protections are in place to act in the best interests of every client.
Make your new year’s resolution no more manual onboarding
As we enter 2026, we think it’s time for law firms to stop being held back by “trusted” manual processes and start embracing the future of onboarding. And with a fast, secure, reliable onboarding solution like Checkboard on the menu, there’s no longer an excuse.
AI and empathy: Can technology help solicitors understand suffering?
As more firms introduce AI into case handling, National Claims look at the deeper issue of whether technology can support solicitors in understanding suffering rather than distancing them from it.
Legal tech trends in 2026: Insights for business and IT leaders
Industry experts from iManage share their insights on the key trends set to redefine organisational strategies and operations in the coming year.
Blog
From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
Linklaters’ chief growth officer takes the ‘blank sheet’ challenge
In the third and final part of this series, Lucy Murphy, chief growth officer at magic circle firm Linklaters, outlines her vision for the law firm of the future.
The ‘blank sheet’ challenge, part 2 – what would you do differently?
In the second part of this blog series, Shainul Kassam, managing director of small London firm Fortune Law, sets out how she would set up a law firm now.
