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With 74% of senior UK partners looking to invest more in technology, and with 2020 having presented one of the biggest technological infrastructure challenges in living memory, Quill has published a new eBook to help practice managers invest in the technologies which will bring the most benefits to their law firms.

A flood is the most effective and indiscriminate ‘burglar’ there is. It will take everything you have, including items of no value to anyone else. I’ve not been the victim of a flood myself. My experience of flooding fortunately has been from an armchair. However, as we move to a more hostile and unpredictable climate, it’s impossible to ignore. You only need to look back to last year to see several records broken.

Construction output fell 0.8% in May 2021 with the level of output remaining slightly above its pre-pandemic February 2020 level. In contrast to the monthly fall, construction output grew by 6.3% in the three months to May 2021.

A ‘powerful and poignant’ new documentary on the Post Office Horizon Scandal has been broadcast telling the full ‘shocking’ impact on the lives of former subpostmasters wrongfully convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.

tmgroup are pleased to announce that they have today been wholly acquired – for £91.5M – by Dye & Durham, a leading provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase productivity for legal and business professionals.

Legal expenses insurance and assistance provider ARAG has reported a profit for 2020 and an increase in its premium under management for the year, despite the huge challenges presented by the global pandemic.

As the world increasingly goes digital and integrates different processes, managing client onboarding risk needs to be an integral part of every property professional’s file opening procedure. Ongoing risk assessment remains their responsibility for as long as that file is open. One of the most effective ways to embed compliant, efficient and standardised client onboarding risk management practice is by setting up client risk profiles across all your branches.

A successful law firm must be two key things – efficient and effective. At a time when demands on firms have never been greater, this article puts workflow capabilities at centre stage and explores how software helps us to navigate a successful course whilst thriving in the hyper-competitive legal landscape of present day.

Although no business wants them, legal disputes are extremely common for organisations in the UK. Threats and complaints more than doubled in the last two years, with the five year picture even more damning. Over this period, more than half (56%) of all businesses have faced an accusation, claim or allegation of unlawful behaviour.

VirtualSignature is delighted to announce that their platform has been selected by Debenhams Ottaway, a multi-service law firm based in Hertfordshire. Following a competitive review of the market and extensive testing on a trial basis, the team at Debenhams Ottaway selected VirtualSignature to provide the eSignature solution to the firm as part of their ongoing digitisation of the user experience.