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Local lawyers raised nearly £85,000 for local frontline free legal advice charities in the South-East of England at Legal Walks over the summer. This amazing amount has boosted morale for charities who support people facing increasing hardships such as unemployment, homelessness, and domestic violence, on a daily basis.

Following on from implementation of Lawyer 365 in April 2021, Starck Uberoi Solicitors’ clients can now verify their identity and have an end-to-end digital application experience through the integration of online ID verification app Verify 365.

As conveyancers juggle bigger caseloads than ever before, the volume of inbound communications have hit an all time high. Alongside chaser calls from clients requesting an update on their sale or purchase, are those from new clients struggling to complete… Read More

Tower Street Finance’s Dicky Davies on recent survey results around time off work for bereavement, and why it’s important to provide an outlet for those who need it…

The latest UK monthly property transactions data shows that the provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in July 2021 is 73,740, up 4.2% from July 2020 but down 62.8% from June 2021

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announced new digital signature capabilities for iManage Closing Folders that continue to modernise the management and governance of agreements in the cloud. The company’s latest integration with DocuSign eSignature, part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, enables lawyers using Closing Folders for deal closings to use advanced levels of e-signatures. These signatures meet the highest level of security services under the European law, eIDAS (Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services).

Running a successful law firm and being a good lawyer shouldn’t be incongruous, but to achieve these goals you need to identify – and implement – the best tools at your disposal. In business, data is power, whether that’s data on your clients, the market, legal trends, your staff, finances, performance – the list goes on.

The route to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales has changed. In September, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is introducing the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) which will eventually replace the current Legal Practice Course (LPC).

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announces its participation in the International Legal Technology Association’s (ILTA) annual conference, ILTACON 2021 to be held August 22-26 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. The hybrid virtual and in-person event brings together industry experts and legal community members from over 20 countries for comprehensive peer-driven programs, educational content, and networking that address today’s transforming legal industry.

Imagine this. You are driving down the motorway at the actual speed limit of 70MPH in your lovely shiny new car. As you come up to your junction, you signal left. As you come off your junction you slam on your breaks sending your phone flying off the passenger seat into the foot well and leaving you in a breath daze. What on earth happened? What suddenly forced you to break?