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It’s time to talk day and to acknowledge that I wanted to talk about Mental Health First Aid. Have you ever attended a course that changed your perspective? CPD is such a staple in our professional lives but it rarely provides us with a revolutionised mindset. In my previous role, I was lucky enough to undergo the Scottish mental health first aid (MHFA) qualification and it turned a general interest in the mental health of the profession into a passion.  

Select Legal Systems, authors of LAWFUSION – the leading suite of legal practice management software – are well known in the industry for making it easy for law firms to work from home. The results of their December client satisfaction survey confirm this.

Advanced, a leading provider of legal technology, today announced that Dunn & Baker Solicitors have selected Advanced P4W as their practice and case management solution for their 60 plus users. They join over 600 firms across the UK that already use P4W to improve processes and deliver savings.

Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK property market, has today announced the launch of a new Property Trends Report, which provides cross-market trend analysis for the residential property market pipeline in England and Wales – spanning account transaction movements across the estate agency, conveyancing and lending sectors.

With the route to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales changing from 2021 amid much industry debate, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has recently announced that the way civil and criminal Higher Rights of Audience (HRA) assessments operate is also changing. But what do these changes mean for those looking to practice advocacy in the higher courts?  Jody Tranter, head of BARBRI Altior explains.

ReviewSolicitors are excited to announce a new integration with Linkedin. Law firms using ReviewSolicitors to collect their client feedback and reviews can now automatically share their 4 and 5 star reviews on the platform.

A Certainty Will Search ensures that everything possible has been done to locate the last valid Will of the deceased. It is not uncommon for Wills to include funeral wishes such as burial wishes that loved ones may not be aware of prior to locating the Will, therefore creating a risk that these wishes may be accidentally overlooked when the funeral is arranged. A Certainty Will Search can protect against this by quickly locating the last valid Will of the deceased.

A legal sector pilot scheme is being launched which aims to further improve the information available to the public when choosing a legal services provider.

It is estimated that 1 in 3 property transactions require some form of search or indemnity insurance and yet it is often seen as an ‘add on’ to the conveyancing process. Because of the increasing need for insurance, it should be considered as managing risk not just as selling insurance products.

Staying compliant with accounting regulations is an imperative of legal service providers. Yet headlines abound in trade publications of law firms failing to do so.