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It would be very tempting to think that after the sunniest spring and summer on record for many, together with some of the lowest rainfall totals, 2020 has been, at least weather wise, remarkably calm. But we so often have short memories.

During the last few weeks, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has announced its Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 – described by the Law Society as “the first legal aid fee increases for 25 years.” In light of this, legal software authors, Select Legal Systems Limited, have reported today that they are already working on reflecting the changes within their flagship product  – LAWFUSION – leading legal practice management software for law firms.

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that Borenius Attorneys Ltd. (Borenius) – a leading independent Finnish law firm with offices in New York, London, and St Petersburg – has deployed to iManage Cloud to become the first law firm in Finland to move to the cloud for its work product management needs. This deployment builds on iManage’s growing presence in the Nordics.

Kingsley Hayes, data breach and cybercrime specialist, has joined Keller Lenkner UK as head of its data breach team

After an in-depth selection process involving a number of suppliers, Lanyon Bowdler have chosen to replace their existing Legal Business Management systems with rapidly growing technology provider, PracticeEvolve.

A search for the most promising legal talent of 2021 is now underway. The Future Legal Mind Award is run annually by National Accident Helpline to find the UK’s brightest legal prospect. Now in its seventh year, the competition is open to law students and to legal trainees who are within the first two years of their careers.

SearchFlow – the UK’s largest provider of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – has announced that Lifetime Legal has adopted its innovative Continuity Property Solution to provide its panel with a viable alternative to traditional search packs, and therefore speed-up the overall residential conveyancing process.

Growing law firm, Milnes Legal, is implementing the Compact+ practice management solution from Eclipse Legal Systems, the UK’s leading legal software provider. 

OneSearch Direct, the largest local search data company in the UK, has reached its highest peak quarter since the abolishment of HIPs in 2010. In September 2020, the property data provider processed 93% more regulated local authority searches and an astonishing 127% more drainage & water reports than in September 2019.

ReviewSolicitors has seen an upsurge in demand from law firms joining the review site. It now boasts over 1800 law firms collecting reviews through the platform and over 4 million users annually. The site is reinventing the way solicitors are instructed, with clients moving away from traditional word-of-mouth referrals and turning to the internet to make their decision, especially as people reduce their face-to-face interactions following the pandemic.