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tmgroup, mio and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) are kicking off 2022 with a tm:tv special to coincide with the launch of their newest research report – The New Normal.

As is traditional at this time of year, we’re looking back at what happened in 2021 – some of the fascinating cases we worked on, the events we held and the awards we accumulated, writes Danny Curran, founder and managing director of Finders International.

Starting their own law firm is the business goal of many lawyers-cum-entrepreneurs. James Brown pursued his professional dreams five years ago and established Hall Brown Family Law with Sam Hall. He offers inspiration to other budding start-ups, and acknowledges the vital role of quality software and outsourced services in realising his ambitions.

Flooding is becoming an increasing issue, with around half of all floods resulting from surface water flooding, which occurs when intense rainfall overwhelms drainage systems. You only need to look at the flooding that happened in central London in the summer to see a recent example.

Legal technology firm Exizent has hit a number of significant milestones including signing its 50th customer and raising its staff numbers to over 35, just over a year after launching.

As an unprecedented year draws to a close, with the highest annual volume of sales and purchases since 2007, conveyancers and other property professionals may be breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to a well-earned rest.

As part of their vision and commitment to becoming a sustainable business, Casedo has been accredited as a Green Small Business.

CTS, the legal sector’s provider of cloud and IT services specifically shaped for law, and Katchr, provider of business intelligence solutions, have formed a new partnership, with CTS adding market-leading management intelligence products to their own portfolio of services.

From the off, there has been a lot of commentary about the impact the pandemic was going to have on the legal sector. It was initially expected that during the pandemic, we would see an increase in the number of law firm insolvencies. The reality was that for the first 7 months of the year it was a calm period in terms of new projects, distressed or otherwise.

Terrafirma, a Dye & Durham solution, is celebrating a major award win for climate change ground risk analytics this week, following the Credit Awards 2021.   Terrafirma has partnered with Hometrack, working with HSBC who won the Best Use of Technology award for the Climate Change Risk solution at the awards, which announced the winners at a prestigious ceremony at Grosvenor House in London.