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The College of Legal Practice today announces its Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) preparation courses. Designed to be more affordable, more flexible and more accessible, its ‘Developing Legal Professionals’ (DLP) programme helps prepare students to pass the SQE1 and SQE2 examinations, as well as developing the skills and competencies they need to succeed in the legal industry.

OneSearch Direct, the largest local search data company in the UK, has seen a 58% year-on-year increase in orders of Lawyer Checker’s Account Entity Screen, as the industry sees a sharp spike in SRA Scam Alerts, up 75% since January 2020.

The fight to secure the best talent in all industries, at all levels, has already intensified in some sectors – transportation and delivery, healthcare, FMCG – and it’s about to intensify in many others including Legal, as global economies move to the next phase post-pandemic.

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) – a leading international law firm with offices in London, Bristol, Singapore, and Hong Kong – has selected iManage Work 10 as its cloud-based Work Productivity platform for its 850 legal professionals.

The Supreme Court has ruled today that Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights and are not self-employed – a decision that means that Uber drivers are now entitled to tens of millions of pounds according to lawyers at Keller Lenkner UK.

Leading legal software provider Quill is setting out to make legal professionals’ document management more streamlined and efficient than ever before through the launch of its improved DocsHub service.

ReviewSolicitors are very pleased to have been invited to work with the SRA on their initial pilot for client reviews.  Reviews have quickly become mainstream within legal services… ReviewSolicitors are very pleased to have been invited to work with the SRA on their initial pilot for client reviews. 

Dealing with US assets can be difficult in the best of circumstances. However, these difficulties can become much more complex when assets become escheated, which takes place when a US account becomes dormant for a period of time specified by state law, typically between three to five years.

Hudgell Solicitors has announced the appointment of six new trainee solicitors under a new scheme enabling them to earn and learn – benefitting from accruing a period of recognised training alongside their studies.

Every day The National Will Register locates Wills made many years before that have been lost or forgotten about due to the passage of time. Clients move home and do not always inform the professional who wrote their Will or update it, even when life circumstances change such as having children or a death in the family.