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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.
tmgroup & mio join ESTAS partners in support of ‘Working Together Better’
tmgroup and sales progression solution mio are pleased to announce that they have signed up as ESTAS partners for The ESTAS Forum & Awards 2021, which will be hosted at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Friday 22nd October in what will be the first major live industry event for the property sector post pandemic.
AFG LAW Select CTS’ Managed Cloud Solution
CTS, the only provider of cloud and managed IT services purely dedicated to the UK & Irish legal sector, has been selected by North West-based AFG LAW, to provide their Managed Cloud solution and fully Managed Support wrap-around service.
48-Hour Temporary Suspension to Negative Reviews on ReviewSolicitors
Termed as our new ‘client care protocol’, ReviewSolicitors is happy to announce a new feature allowing any law firm, at its own discretion, to apply a 48-hour delay to a negative review received the moment it is left.
SQE supervisors can now help candidates get a head start with Flex Journal
Flex Legal, the award-winning online platform that connects organisations to on-demand paralegals and lawyers, has today announced that its free online tool, Flex Journal now supports legal supervisors to more easily fulfil their responsibilities under the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). Supervisors can now use the simple, digital platform to seamlessly manage the approval of candidates’ work experience in one, secure, centralised location.
Capital Law draw on the expertise of Baskerville Drummond to select Linetime
Baskerville Drummond have released a case study outlining why Capital Law selected Linetime to replace the incumbent ‘end of life’ system. The full case study can be downloaded here with a synopsis following
Blog
Mazur: when regulators make simple things complicated
What the last six months have shown is that supervision cannot be treated as a background compliance obligation quietly managed somewhere in a firm’s operational processes.
How unstoppable AI is reshaping UK legal practice
At a time when most technology innovation still flows from the US and China, UK lawtech is attracting growing international attention and capital.
Modern vehicles: new injury profiles and new legal challenges
As the number of electric vehicles on UK roads continues to grow year-on-year, it is important to address the risks that come with their increased adoption.
