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When an individual dies it is necessary to search their paperwork to establish whether they made a Will and gather information regarding their estate. This is important because the personal representatives of the estate have a legal duty to distribute the estate correctly and could be held financially responsible for any mistakes made through any breach of duty.

Hudgell Solicitors has promoted eight members of its legal teams to new ‘Associate’ roles in which they will support senior managers in leading the work of key departments across the business.

iManage spokespeople offer their top trends for 2021 across security, cloud, AI, remote working, and more.

With what feels like the 10th lockdown in the past year, the same old challenges have arisen. How can your firm work from home efficiently, how can your firm go paperless to enable home working and how do you ensure compliance and security while everyone is at home? But another important issue for many firms is how to successfully manage your firm and individual teams virtually.

This blog is based on our ’15-Step Guide to Starting Your Own Law Firm’ webinar from 12 November 2020. To download the e-Book we shared with listeners, please visit www.quill.co.uk/Legalpracticemanagementforstartups.

Many of you reading this will have had your work, study, or travel plans cancelled recently. This means you’re probably finding yourself with an abundance of free time on your hands. This can be a tricky thing to come to grips with, so while it’s very important to stay active and look after yourself, do also remember that this is a great time to add some skills to your CV! We have come up with a few ideas below.

PracticeEvolve and InfoTrack have announced a new webinar running on the 21 January and 8 February featuring David Baskerville of Baskerville Drummond designed to help law firms embarking on IT projects throughout 2021.

LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions today announced that the legal department of Rochdale Borough Council is deploying legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis®  Visualfiles™, as its electronic file system.

At some point in everyone’s life they are vulnerable. This does not have to be because of anything in particular and could be due to a range of things. Sometimes it’s just temporary. Many of Argo’s clients fall into this category because of bereavement, health issues, capacity issues, physical disabilities, frailty or as a result of influence being exerted over them.

This blog is based on our ’15-Step Guide to Starting Your Own Law Firm’ webinar from 12 November 2020. When I set up my first business 20-or-so years ago, I was very nervous but also very excited. I had lots of questions but didn’t always know who to ask them to.That’s why we created this guide to help you pursue your dreams and set up your own law practice – the right way, with the right tools, and with the right mindset.