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Starting my own firm was too good an opportunity to miss
Currently the only CILEx-regulated family law firm in the UK, Hollan Family Law is part of a growing community choosing to start up with CILEx Regulation
Consumers face high price premium when purchasing new builds
The price gap between new builds and existing properties in the UK has reached £64,624 according to data from the ONS
What can law firms learn from 2020?
As the UK has gone into, come out of and (at the time of writing) remained in a state of lockdown, every business has had to grapple with new challenges. What did we learn during 2020 that can help future proof ourselves and guard against future business interruption?
Raising the bar – Best companies ‘outstanding’ employee engagement
Leading legal software provider Quill has been recognised as a well-led and well-managed organisation demonstrating ‘outstanding’ levels of employee engagement, despite the current unprecedented circumstances.
Wright Hassall choose Linetime to consolidate software into one solution
With a view to consolidating multiple technologies within its firm, Wright Hassall has chosen Linetime to act as its united Practice Management Solution.
iManage Work delivers 378% ROI, as found by Total Economic Impact study
Independent research study shows iManage Work customers experience $4.37M in benefits over three years with payback on investment in under 6 months
Innovative problem solving helps Askews improve client care
The stamp duty holiday has created a welcome boom for conveyancing teams and a glut of enquiries from buyers keen to take advantage of the savings. In such a highly competitive field of law, providing quotes quickly and handling enquiries efficiently is a point of potential advantage – but it’s not without its challenges.
The SQE explained
The Solicitor’s Regulation Authority has announced big changes to the qualification process for solicitors in England and Wales. Here at Flex Legal, we’re hugely excited about this! The new system offers aspiring solicitors an exciting new means to qualify without trying to break through the dreaded Training Contract bottleneck.
Price transparency compliance unacceptably low
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has recently found that compliance with its transparency rules remains unacceptably low and has been using its enforcement powers to punish non-compliant firms; in January 2021 alone nine firms were either rebuked or fined for not complying with their obligations.
Clio and Advantage Consulting form strategic partnership in the UK
Advantage Consulting and Clio have formed a strategic partnership in the UK. As part of the deal, Advantage Consulting will offer Clio’s legal software solutions as a premium case management solution to its clients, including the Advantage 365 platform and the Advantage Legal Network member firms
Blog
Client accounts: Opportunity, obligation and the risks in between
The profitability gap between well-run firms and the rest is not primarily a function of size, location or practice area – it is a function of financial management.
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’?
