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Solicitor Paul McClorry to run four miles every four hours to raise funds for Martin’s Mountain
Hudgell Solicitors’ Head of Travel Litigation Paul McClorry is preparing to run 48 miles in two days to raise funds towards the Martin’s Mountain appeal in aid of The Spinal Injuries Association.
Why does Registering a Will today take care of our tomorrows?
Professional legal services businesses which handle private client services will know all too well that safe and secure storage is an absolute must for documents such as Wills.
How Thames Water Property Searches can help you avoid failing on flood risk
When Storm Christoph hit the UK in January of this year, two months’ worth of rain fell in just 36 hours. The impact was catastrophic, with 400 homes flooded and insurance industry losses from the storm reaching in the region of £120 million.
Technology is raising standards in conveyancing
John Espley, LEAP UK CEO, explains how conveyancers are using the latest technology and the LEAP Best Practice Standard to enhance their customer service and to win new business.
Demystifying SEO for lawyers
As of October 2020, Google has received more than three trillion searches, meaning that optimising your site to be in line with Google’s guidelines is more important than before. EAT and YMYL are both relatively recent updates to Google’s SEO algorithm.
March and April 2021 Data Breach Roundup
Following on from a busy February, the number of data breaches in March and April continued to mount, with various different cases emerging in a variety of sectors.
Thursfields appoints Arken.legal
Expert provider of digital estate planning solutions Arken.legal has confirmed it has won Thursfields Solicitors as a customer across its full product suite, including market-leading document automation solution Arken Professional. Arken will enable Thursfields to superpower productivity whilst managing risk.
LexisNexis launches Context Expert Analytics
LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal intelligence and analytics, has today launched Context Expert Analytics, a powerful new platform that makes the identification and selection of experts easier and more effective. Context Expert Analytics is the latest in the evolution of LexisNexis Applied Legal Intelligence – technology solutions which use deep analytics to enable data-driven law, helping lawyers to work smarter and faster.
Register your clients’ Wills for free during Free Will Registration Month
Throughout May, law firms can register their clients’ Wills on The National Will Register for free. So far in May, The National Will Register have received a number of enquiries from law firms and members of the public who wish to take advantage of this incentive and there is still time for your firm to do so as well!
ARAG appoints Heather Wilmot to new senior claims role
Leading legal expenses insurance and assistance provider ARAG has appointed Heather Wilmot to the position of Claims Operations Manager. In this newly created role, Heather will be responsible for the operational management of both Before-the-Event and After-the-Event claims functions.
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Motor finance – the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers
The Financial Conduct Authority’s motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator.
Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
Cross-generation collaboration: the key to in-house legal tech adoption
In-house legal function leaders will increasingly have to evolve their thinking on how to manage multigenerational teams containing differing levels of technological expertise.
