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On the 13 October, the shortlists for all 17 categories of the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2021 were announced. These prestigious awards, launched in 2016, have become an annual highlight of the conveyancing calendar, with firms and service providers from across the industry competing for the accolade.

The legal sector has made it through the pandemic, due to law firms applying a mixture of cost-cutting measures and staff going above and beyond to meet client expectations. Week in and week out, for over eighteen months. People have been raising issues of stress, wellbeing and mental health in the legal sector for years now. And recently LexisNexis Bellwether report, found 38% of lawyers saying they would not go into law if they were starting over.

Working through overseas probate is never easy nor straightforward due to differing laws and regulations between countries. As a result, unforeseen challenges frequently occur when working on overseas probate cases, making the process strenuous and time-consuming.

The idea of incorporating remote-based working for the future suggests that there are many benefits for the environment. This approach would be directly due to the removal of commuting, without vast office buildings operating and constantly straining the energy demand. On the surface this sounds great, all unnecessary business travel eliminated. However, taking a closer look into the actual numbers a more complicated picture appears. If we are not careful in creating the “new working routine”, then we risk the damage and harm to the climate being equal.

Over 8,500 walkers were welcomed to the heart of Legal London for The London Legal Walk on Monday 18 October, organised by the London Legal Support Trust (LLST). The long-awaited return of the event has so far raised over £550,000 for frontline free legal advice charities in London and the South East.

Over a quarter of law firms and in-house legal departments never or hardly ever address security risks associated with shadow IT, according to a survey conducted by Concilio.

The Civil Liability Act 2018 reforms were intended to reduce the number and the cost of minor road traffic accident (RTA) claims on or after 31st May 2021.

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In today’s modern world, it is increasingly more common to come across individuals who have acquired foreign assets throughout their lifetime. As a result of this, Solicitors are often presented with a whirlwind of challenges during the estate administration process due to a lack of expertise in working with these often-complicated overseas jurisdictions.

During our recent Access All Areas legal panel session the Solicitors Regulation Authority was asked what thematic reviews it was planning to carry out over the next 12-18 months, and although it said these had not yet been fixed in stone they could cover: