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Read on for a helpful guide on how legal practices can successfully go paperless – from how to organise law files to best practices to common mistakes law firms should avoid. Going from paper-heavy to paper-light, or even fully paperless, is an achievable goal for law firms, as long as you take the right steps on your journey.

Liverpool and London-based business lawyers and advisers, O’Connors Legal Services Limited, has appointed corporate and commercial specialist Lauren Swanick as a Chartered Legal Executive.

McCann and McCann are a leading Belfast city law firm. Since being founded in 1980, the firm has grown from strength to strength into a multi-partner practice which provides a comprehensive and expert legal service to the community.

CILEx Regulation is delighted to announce that, following a competitive tender earlier this year, it has appointed the University of Law to administer its alternative route to authorising Chartered Legal Executives who would like to apply for additional practice rights.

Leading legal software and outsourced legal services provider, Quill, has been awarded second place in the prestigious Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM) Solicitors’ Software Users Award for 2021.

The Government set out a step-by-step plan in February to ease restrictions in England during the Covid-19 pandemic. Step 4 of this roadmap plan began on 19th July, by highlighting the need to continue being cautious as we managed the ongoing risks of the virus. It was later stated on the Government’s website, updated on 27th August, that everything hadn’t returned to normal and further guidance for offices and businesses would follow in Step 5. Scotland; Wales, and Northern Ireland were expected to create their own strategies on how they dealt with the pandemic.

SearchFlow, one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions, has today announced the launch of a new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) due diligence report service to support real estate lawyers in accurately assessing ESG risk during M&A and investment deals.

CTS, the legal sector’s provider of cloud and IT services specifically shaped for law, have been chosen by Turcan Connell to provide a cloud platform solution with integrated disaster recovery and managed backup.

Miller is pleased to announce the hiring of James Gowen-Smith as its new Head of After The Event insurance. James’ hiring forms part of Miller’s Professional Risks team’s wider strategy to grow the range of expertise and products it can offer to clients.

When a ‘Further Action’ result is returned from an environmental search report it can at first be concerning, however it does not mean that this result cannot be overcome and is simply an indication that additional information or checks must be carried out, to ensure the property purchaser is protected.