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As the environmental crisis and its effects become increasingly evident, the expectations on corporate responsibility grow and the legal sector is acknowledging its obligation to act on sustainability.

With homeworking here to stay, as many law firms plan a hybrid working model for the future of law, closing and downsizing their offices, here is a check-list of the top 7 recommendations for those firms catching up with cyber security for homeworkers:

This podcast from The Digital Solicitor looks at the technology required to deliver on increased customer demand and the positive impact that its implementation can have on a law firm’s revenue, reputation and growth.

InfoTrack is scaling up its dedicated post-completion service to support the industry during this latest step in the digitalisation of the conveyancing process

The 2021 Judge Business School report takes a wholistic view of changes made by the UK’s top 50 law firms since 2015.  The report looks at what has gone well and what some firms must do to keep pace with their peers.

Tower Street Finance was able to offer a speedy and efficient service to an IFA and solicitor for a case where a large Inheritance Tax bill was due within days, with no means to pay.

Access Legal, the Law technology specialist, has announced the acquisition of the Legal Bricks group of companies, a pioneering provider of conveyancing searches and property related services to the legal sector.

A leading Midlands law firm has agreed a partnership which will allow employees from all parts of the firm to train and qualify as solicitors.

The mishaps of some law firms in terms of their cyber security shortcomings have been well documented. Rather than risk the pain of a cyber-attack yourselves, it is sensible to keep an eye on where others are going wrong and heed their lessons learned.

I was almost exclusively paper-based before I started using Casedo. Papers would usually come in to chambers electronically, but they were routinely printed by our junior clerks, and put in lever-arched files for my use. I spent hours dragging these files after me, in wheely suitcases, on and off trains and in and out of court buildings.