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As part of Casedo’s recently agreed sustainability plan, with both social and environmental strands, Casedo is delighted to announce that it’s now officially an accredited Living Wage employer. For our business, this means that we’ve made the conscious decision to ensure that our employees and contractors are paid a fair day’s wage.

The last two years have provided an important lesson in agility and resilience and have shown just how crucial the right technologies are to business survival, as well as success. One thing’s for sure – the tech that make an impact on a global scale will eventually find its way into the legal sector, so it pays to keep an eye on what’s on the horizon.

The Women in Residential Property network (WIRP), which originated in 2017 as an informal lunch club has ended 2021 on a high; with Founder and Chair, Emma Vigus receiving an ‘Outstanding Achievement’ award at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards, in recognition of her commitment to continuing to develop WIRP throughout lockdown.  

When speaking to small law firms, we’re often asked whether case management software is necessary or beneficial when there are fewer than 15 employees. The answer is a resounding yes; we know from many practices we work with that they’re able to realise numerous benefits having invested in legal software as a small business. The software has enabled them to stay agile, efficient, and flexible so they can do more with less and still successfully compete.

A lot has changed in the last year, particularly with regards to hybrid working habits and flexible arrangements. To understand the impact of these changes on the wellbeing and stress levels of legal professionals, Exizent conducted a survey to discover how they’re coping with the changes and what employers can do to improve the working lives of their employees now and in the future.

Bringing together ground and flood risk specialists, conveyancing solicitors, mortgage lenders and insurers the roundtable events explore the prevalent topic of climate change.

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “These latest figures show that house prices continue to climb due to ongoing market forces driving pricing, albeit at a less frenetic pace than at the peak of the Stamp Duty holiday. We are still seeing very high prices that were last seen before the financial crash in 2007. 

Perfect Portal is proud to announce that they have won the 2021 LEAP Modern Law Conveyancing Awards Service Provider of the Year. A testament to their commitment and dedication towards exceptional service, unmatched quality, and technological advancements in legal technology. 

SearchFlow – one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – has released a new guide that considers the anticipated trends for the residential property industry in 2022 and beyond.

As the Prime Minister’s Plan B is rolled-out to tackle the Omicron variant – businesses should be prepared for the impact on their communications’ infrastructure. Here, Bernadette Bennett, Head of the Legal Sector at leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny highlights the importance of making communication with customers, prospects and suppliers as easy as possible as another Covid-Christmas approaches.