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O’Connors advises the shareholders of Express Solicitors on private equity investment
Express Solicitors has secured private equity investment from Ufenau Capital Partners, which will accelerate growth of the booming personal injury law firm.
Qanooni AI and Nexian partner to help UK law firms adopt AI securely and confidently
Qanooni AI has announced a strategic partnership with Nexian, one of the UK’s leading IT and managed service providers for professional services firms.
BigHand eliminates manual task triaging with new AI email routing for cloud customers
The latest AI-powered Email Routing feature adds even more value to the award-winning BigHand Workflow Management solution and will be available for no additional cost.
A year of remastering: how Landmark raised the bar for environmental due diligence
Landmark Information has launched its remastered residential environmental search reports, a milestone that marked the start of a strategy to enhance how environmental risk information is delivered.
Qanooni AI announces category defining legal AI integration with Actionstep, unifying the work and practice of law
The integration brings Qanooni’s AI-powered draft, review, matter summaries, and legal research into Actionstep’s cloud practice management system so firms can do the work of law in one intelligent, connected workspace.
Tribunal backlog skyrockets as Lords send Employment Rights Bill back to Commons
The backlog of employment tribunal claims waiting to be heard has increased by more than a quarter over one year, according to data released yesterday by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS).
Clarity and control: The new AML checks from InfoTrack
InfoTrack has introduced a redesigned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) check that gives legal professionals greater clarity, consistency, and control in their client due-diligence processes.
Legal tech is on the rise – don’t miss out
Legal tech is growing fast. But a changing sector presents new challenges for law firms as they look to adopt the smartest possible technology solution – and that’s where all-in-one partners like Checkboard stand out from the crowd.
Balance wellbeing with productivity in the modern legal workplace
Behind every case, contract and client conversation lies a more personal challenge, how do we perform at your best without sacrificing wellbeing along the way?
Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund amends its insurance offering to BSB regulated entities
In October 2025, the primary insurer for entities regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF), has amended its position in respect of the insurance it is willing and able to provide to BSB regulated entities from April 2026.
Blog
From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
Linklaters’ chief growth officer takes the ‘blank sheet’ challenge
In the third and final part of this series, Lucy Murphy, chief growth officer at magic circle firm Linklaters, outlines her vision for the law firm of the future.
The ‘blank sheet’ challenge, part 2 – what would you do differently?
In the second part of this blog series, Shainul Kassam, managing director of small London firm Fortune Law, sets out how she would set up a law firm now.
