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The College of Legal Practice is delighted to announce that it has successfully been awarded New Degree Awarding Powers (NDAPs) by the Office for Students (OfS).

Whilst human error is the cause of 95% of cyber-attacks / data breaches, we all need to recognise that well-informed, well-trained staff are a law firm’s best line of defence against cybercrime. There are so many horror stories increasingly doing the rounds, that it is understandable that staff are terrified of doing something wrong and causing catastrophic consequences for their employers.

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) and conveyancing case management systems expert Redbrick Solutions have become the latest leading organisations to back the Conveyancing Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation serving the conveyancing, legal and property industries. 

The changes to IHT excepted estates rules are vastly approaching and will see the simplification of the administrative burden placed on most estates going through probate or confirmation.   Below, we detail 5 key things you need to know about the changes and explain what they are, what they mean for those administering an estate and how Exizent can help legal service firms continue to show value to clients amidst the changes. 

Genealogy and asset repatriation specialists, Title Research, recap on this year’s biggest headlines in the Wills and probate sector in their new informative content.

Advanced was named “Product-led Organisation of the Year” at the annual Pendo business software product festival in Raleigh, North Carolina in October 2021. So what difference does Pendo make for users and how was the accolade earned? Jake Redford, Advanced Head of Legal and Education Products, has the answers.

Construction output fell 1.8% in volume terms in October 2021, this is the largest monthly decline since April 2020 when output fell by 41.7%.

A survey of UK-based residential property solicitors and conveyancers by Landmark Information – the UK’s largest property and land data business – has found 88% of residential property professionals believe they have a greater reliance on technology since the pandemic, with 79% suggesting that those who are yet to innovate or use technology in their onboarding or customer-facing processes run the risk of falling behind the competition

NetDocuments, the leading cloud content management platform where legal professionals do work, last month announced the winners of their Inspire 2021 Partner Awards.

PG Legal are a firm based in Gateshead in the North East of England, providing services both regionally and UK wide. The firm specialises in commercial areas of law including Commercial Conveyancing, Dispute Resolution, Employment, and Corporate matters and more recently expanding their offering to include personal legal services such as Residential Property and Wills and Probate.