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Preparing for the SRA’s money laundering clampdown
Anti-money laundering (AML), or rather non-compliance of AML rules, dominates the news. You might have read about the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) threatening enforcement action and publicly sanctioning non-compliant firms or seen the headline announcing the criminal conviction of a high-profile AML expert for international investment fraud, as just two of many recent stories.
Family law firm, Woolley & Co, solicitors, selects CTS’ cloud platform
CTS, the legal sector’s provider of cloud and IT services specifically shaped for law, have been selected by family law firm, Woolley & Co, to provide a hybrid cloud platform, which will provide greater efficiency, productivity and profitability, with fee earners able to work more flexibly.
Quill appoints Doug Convery from SOS Legal and doubles its sales resource
Quill has hired seasoned professional, Doug Convery, to join its sales team in a newly created regional sales consultant position and drive further business growth while supporting its strategic direction for continued market share expansion.
Podcast explores the legal sector’s adoption of technology
In the latest Topical Talks with Title Research podcast, Tom Stansfield, Marketeer and Head of Growth at WillSuite, joins Anthony Allsopp, Head of Business at Title Research, to discuss the legal sector’s adoption of technology, online Will writing and digital assets in Wills. More specifically, the podcast explores:
Star of Who Dares Wins raises awareness of military pensions scandal
Ex UK Special Forces soldier, and star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton is working with Keller Lenkner UK to raise awareness of military pensions mis-selling.
Perfect Portal enters The Great Big North West Tour 2021!
Perfect Portal are excited to announce their participation in a charity banger rally, The Great Big North West Tour 2021 to help fundraise for Derian House Children’s Hospice.
Did the Northern property market really need the Stamp Duty holiday?
As the Stamp Duty holiday comes to a close, Claire Elliott, Client Relationship Manager at tmgroup, asks “Did the Northern property market REALLY need the Stamp Duty holiday, or did it make a bigger difference in the South?”.
Inheritance Tax – to be or not to be
Following Boris Johnson’s announcement about a £12bn a year tax hike to cover Health and Social Care, experts’ attention has moved onto wealth taxes and they have been giving their opinions on what ‘could’ and ‘should’ happen.
What can WillSuite bring to your boardroom table?
As a leading provider of legal tech, WillSuite enables you to draft legally compliant documents which don’t confuse and bemuse your clients. As a software provider responsible for the operations of hundreds of firms we take our responsibility seriously.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for August 2021
The latest UK monthly property transactions data shows the provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in August 2021 is 98,300, 20.8% higher than August 2020 and 32.0% higher than July 2021
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Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
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.
