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How do I know if an heir hunting firm is legitimate?
Did you know there is an easy way to check if the heir hunting firm that contacts you to say that you might be in line for an inheritance is legitimate?
Planning data must be overhauled to enable better informed decisions
Planning may be top of everyone’s minds right now, but the data underpinning it is in desperate need of an overhaul, according to the panel of the latest tm:tv session “Understanding the value of planning data”:
Nuix Partner Feature Podcast with Ligl’s Michael Lappin
Nuix partner Ligl helps its customers manage their litigation process using a cloud-based orchestration platform that eliminates the complexity of eDiscovery and legal hold processes.
Survey shows that businesses still unprepared for phishing attacks
A recent government survey has found that despite phishing attacks remaining the top threat to cybersecurity, most businesses remain ill prepared to tackle the risk.
QS Davisons select SOS Legal to support a 185% increase in instructions
QS Davisons have consolidated their legal practice management software into a single solution provided by SOS Legal. to provide Case, Practice and Document management as they seek better connections for their future.
Have you got a quick minute – maintaining wellbeing in a world of interruption
From constant e-mails and phone calls to colleagues asking questions and requesting spontaneous ‘quick catch ups’, it sometimes seems like the single most prominent part of work is interruption. Add a pandemic into the mix and new interruptions brought about by remote working – such as Zoom meetings, deliveries and dogs barking – and it can quickly feel like you’re fighting a losing battle.
Stamp Duty holiday triggers 22% rise in monthly property transactions
The current Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday has helped deliver a property market stimulus that has far outweighed the immediate response to the 2007/08 financial crisis, according to new analysis by Search Acumen, the property data and insight provider.
Certainty Will Search prevents incorrect estate distribution by locating an unknown Will
Every day The National Will Register locates Wills that were thought not to exist. In 2020, 20% of Certainty Will Searches resulted in a Will being located where the estate was presumed intestate or a later Will being discovered that would supersede the Will being used to distribute the estate.
Accelerating discovery with a litigation-ready Nuix data warehouse
Organisations are faced with exorbitant costs collecting, processing, analysing, and reviewing data triggered by regulatory and legal matters. Rising data volumes and frequency of litigation and regulatory oversight have forced these organisations to respond by hiring more people, which isn’t a winning long-term strategy.
Tower Street Finance unveils £30m funding line for inheritance dispute lawyers
Inheritance lending specialist Tower Street Finance has launched a dispute funding product with a £30m funding line for its panel of inheritance dispute lawyers.
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Regulate sole practices on evidence, not turnover
For a sole practice, the SRA’s plan that I cannot hold a compliance role if my firm has more than £600,000 of turnover is not a measure of risk. It is a ceiling on growth.
Is Google becoming pay-to-play for law firms?
For years, law firms have been told that SEO is the long-term alternative to paying for every click. That principle hasn’t disappeared but search results have changed significantly.
Material information and the case for intelligent client onboarding
Upfront information means work traditionally undertaken after an offer is accepted will need to happen earlier. And that fundamentally changes the role of client onboarding.
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