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As a leading provider of legal tech, WillSuite enables you to draft legally compliant documents which don’t confuse and bemuse your clients. As a software provider responsible for the operations of hundreds of firms we take our responsibility seriously.

The latest UK monthly property transactions data shows the provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in August 2021 is 98,300, 20.8% higher than August 2020 and 32.0% higher than July 2021

Iken Cloud goes from strength to strength. The innovative and feature-rich case and knowledge management cloud solution fully integrates with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace and is successfully managing complex and diverse workloads. Through Iken Cloud organisations are saving costs, adding value, and driving productivity.

A Medallion Signature Guarantee, also known as a Medallion Stamp, is a unique certification stamp introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1992. It guarantees the authenticity of an investor’s signature. The Medallion Signature Guarantee Programme protects shareholders by making it harder to forge signatures for unauthorised, fraudulent transfers. It also limits the liability of the transfer agent accepting the certificates by providing a guarantee on the legitimacy of stocks and shares to be sold or transferred.

The global pandemic has shown that the way clients want to communicate with their law firm has changed. The pre-pandemic model of clients turning up at the office and accessing legal services via traditional means is largely a thing of the past. Clients are embracing the digital shift. They now expect a better service, often for less, with technology playing a leading role, and expectations have changed following their experiences with other service industries, such as insurance and banking.

A key part of administering an estate is gathering the assets and liabilities of the deceased. This has become increasingly problematic in recent years with the increase in the way in which we connect and communicate. Moving to a more ‘paperless’ and immediate lifestyle, these changes make things far easier to access and so people’s lives are more disparate. If the deceased died without putting their financial affairs in order, the locating of assets and liabilities can be extremely difficult and timely to complete. So, isn’t it time we used technology to make things easier?

Redbrick Solutions have announced this week that the latest version of their award winning case management solution has been released. This marks the 23rd version of ‘Redbrick Practice Management’ and includes a number of enhancements and new functionality to benefit clients, such as…

Have you ever wondered what the ‘M’ in ‘CON29M’ stands for? If you said mining, you’d be right. However, you’d be forgiven for being confused as until now, the CON29M report has only covered mining assessment from a single mineral – coal. Ground risk specialists Terrafirma, who provide mining and natural ground hazard reports to conveyancers, is introducing an exciting update by adding a non-coal section to their CON29M for the first time (launching 18th October).

Before I went paperless, it was sometimes a logistical feat to get hard copy papers delivered to me if I was not in chambers or it could sometimes involve very heavy-duty and time-consuming printing.

Practical training has long been a part of the route to qualifying as a solicitor. The idea is that real life experience of providing legal services is essential to acquire the necessary skills for practice. Such training has had various names, most recently ‘period of recognised training, before that ‘training contract, before that, ‘articles of clerkship’ and in its latest guise, ‘Qualifying work experience’ or QWE as it is widely known. Whatever it’s been called, it has been necessary to complete a period of practical training in order to satisfy the regulatory requirements for entry to the roll of solicitors.