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Enhanced data insights take your ID verification beyond the basics
Checkboard take you beyond documentation, using enhanced data insights to get more reliable proof of identity. That way, we help you reduce your exposure to criminal risk.
Homden Property Lawyers show what’s possible with Hoowla conveyancing software
For Homden, the client experience begins long before the first document is drafted. Using Hoowla’s quote calculator, the firm provides instant, tailored quotations.
FCA motor finance compensation scheme: Implications for law firms
The scheme is designed to provide a simple, free-to-use process, allowing consumers to claim without engaging a law firm or incurring legal fees.
Feeling trapped? Options for succession and exit for law firm partners
Law firm partners have several exit routes, from individual partner buy-outs to full succession through private equity, acquisitions or employee ownership trusts, each offering different benefits, risks and cultural implications
DSW Capital delivers strong half-year performance with continued revenue growth and platform expansion
DSW Capital, the business advisory platform behind Dow Schofield Watts and DR Solicitors, has delivered resilient results for its half year ending 30 September 2025, reflecting the scalability of its pioneering model.
CEL Solicitors celebrates award win
CEL Solicitors is celebrating after winning the Law Firm Award (50+ employees) at the Liverpool Law Society Annual Dinner and Legal Awards 2025.
ILFM Autumn Conference: The Future of Client Money
As the legal sector continues to evolve and, no doubt, with changes for the SRA and other regulators over the next few months, the role of finance professionals remains absolutely central.
Employee ownership: The new driver of law firm succession
With government backing and tax incentives, employee ownership is reshaping law firm succession, enabling gradual exits, cultural preservation and stronger people driven practices supported by profitability.
Empowering Law Firm Leaders podcast: Building strategic differentiation with AI
In episode 26, Uwais Iqbal, of Simplexico, joins Amy Bruce, of Osprey Approach, to share how SME law firms can build strategic differentiation with AI.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for October 2025
The seasonally adjusted estimate of UK non-residential (commercial) transactions for October 2025 is 29% lower than October 2024 and 4% higher than September 2025
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.
