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Cuatrecasas replaced several applications with DocsCorp solutions to support a commitment to using advanced technology and delivering the best possible results for its clients.

Planning proposals for a new build development on a former landfill site have reappeared in Dudley raising local residents’ fears that the building work could release historic toxic material and landfill gases affecting homes that surround the site.  

In the past few weeks, we’ve had lots of members contacting us, either because of furlough or lacking the usual routine distractions, to talk about their next steps and what could be possible for the next stage of their career.

Starting your own law firm is an appealing and rewarding way to make a living – and a life – but it can seem like a pipe dream. But if you have the will and desire to take the plunge, you’ll be in good company. According to the SRA, one in six of all law firms are sole practitioners and on average, two new firms open every working day.

As part of the LawtechUK project, CILEx Regulation will be working with the other legal services regulators to provide regulatory support to the five lawtech innovators that have been selected to participate in LawtechUK’s Sandbox Pilot.

Conducting a Certainty Will Search ensures that you have done everything you could to locate the last valid Will of the deceased.

Earlier this year, the Legal Services Board published a collection of papers entitled, ‘Perspectives on LawTech and Regulation’, asking some of the key leaders and influencers in the legal services sector to offer their perspectives on the following question

As it’s nearly Christmas, let’s start with a Christmas Cracker joke Q: What did the unscrupulous solicitor get for Christmas? A: Suspended by the SRA for not completing Client Due Diligence adequately while working from home. I know, don’t give up the day job, but I’m sure by now you get the point of this article.

With the global pace of technological transformation at an all-time high, traditional business models have to evolve rapidly to stay relevant or find themselves staring down the barrel of failure. To what extent do you agree with this notion that firms will be completely left behind after the Covid-19 crisis if they fail to invest in technology?

Data breaches happen all the time, affecting organisations in all sectors and of all sizes, including private companies, educational establishments, charities and government bodies.