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Boy, 17, born with cerebral palsy set for possible £20m damages award after High Court judge rules against NHS Trust
A multi-million pound damages settlement is set to be awarded to a 17-year-old boy after a High Court judge ruled in his favour and against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, saying an obstetrician’s crucial evidence could not be relied upon.
LEAP celebrate further technology innovation
This month LEAP celebrated over 800 law firms accessing the InfoTrack integration from within the legal practice productivity solution. That is nearly a third of the law firms that use LEAP software.
iManage delivers enhancements to security, risk, and governance portfolio
Latest releases of iManage Threat Manager, iManage Security Policy Manager, and iManage Records Manager demonstrate ongoing commitment to helping firms secure their data
48% of law firms making mental health and wellbeing training a priority
Law firms in the UK have moved mental health and wellbeing and health and safety training up the agenda when it comes to legal learning, according to research by Access Legal.
Attend and be in with a chance to win a £500 giftcard
As we head toward a new year, many UK lawyers will be looking back and reflecting on 2021, as well as planning for 2022. For some, that may mean planning to start their own law firm—or looking at ways to improve their firm’s performance next year.
Osprey Approach names new CEO
Independent legal software provider Osprey Approach has today announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer as it embarks on the next phase of its development plans.
7 telltale signs it’s time to change your legal practice management software
The practice management legal software industry is rapidly changing and with it, new features are being launched all the time. Is your current vendor an innovator or a laggard? Data migrations and implementations can be hard, but if you’re not getting value from your existing solution, it might be time to consider switching practice management systems. How do you know when it’s time to find a new vendor? We share 7 warning signs to help you decide.
Transactions reach highest levels since Q4 2014
Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has issued the latest edition of its quarterly Conveyancing Market Tracker for Q3 2021. The analysis reveals that the number of active conveyancing firms has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, stabilising at just over 4,000 for the second quarter in a row.
SearchFlow wins Search Provider of the Year award for the second consecutive year
SearchFlow, one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions, has won the Search Provider of the Year award at the LEAP Modern Law Conveyancing Awards.
Top Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón goes live on iManage Closing Folders
iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announced Gómez-Pinzón Abogados – one of Colombia’s most widely recognised and respected law firms, with headquarters in Bogotá and additional offices in Medellín – has successfully gone live on iManage Closing Folders and is now using the product to remove manual, repetitive tasks from their deal closings and to simplify their legal transaction process.
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Cross-generation collaboration: the key to in-house legal tech adoption
In-house legal function leaders will increasingly have to evolve their thinking on how to manage multigenerational teams containing differing levels of technological expertise.
AI and law firm risk – the view of professional indemnity insurers
In considering law firm applications for cover, many insurers will expect to see evidence of how firms are adapting to AI and preparing for the future.
Automation in personal injury claims: The evolving legal risks
As automation tools become more sophisticated, they are increasingly used for more complex tasks, such as interpreting evidence and informing case strategy, particular in the PI sector.
