associate news

We’re pleased to welcome Andrew Bishop, Senior Associate at Shoosmiths LLP and James McKean, Barrister at New Square Chambers who will be presenting our next Certainty Expert Webinar on Wednesday 22nd July at 12.00pm, titled “Til death do us part: ‘predatory marriage and probate’”.

The Access Group (Access), today announced the acquisition of DPS Software (DPS), a UK leader in SaaS based Practice Management software for Legal Practices and In-House Legal departments, with a focus on firms with between 10 and 200 employees.

For those law firms that have outgrown their current software, and are keen to take advantage of the ‘lockdown/furlough’ window of opportunity to find and implement a new system, the authors of LAWFUSION, Select Legal Systems Limited have announced today an exciting new software offer.

As will have been the case for many of you recently, spending more time at home with school age children than would be the case under normal circumstances (in my case nine-year-old twin girls) is not without its challenges.

Casedo will soon release the latest update of its legal analysis platform, version 1.4. The update will offer users an enhanced Table of Contents toolset and more extensive PDF support. 

A new online Self-screening Bot has been launched to help law firms manage clients’ safety more easily, before any face-to-face meetings take place.

Comment by James Harper, Executive Sponsor, LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation & Former General Counsel: Black Lives Matter is important on a number of levels. It brings into stark focus a deep-rooted inequality experienced by a specific community, an inequality that has become so normalised and entrenched in many people’s lives that it ceases to stand out as being wrong.

The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is currently in the process of talking to leadership figures from across the nation in an attempt to understand this universal trait and what it means in Britain and Northern Ireland today.

In episode six of Topical Talks, Title Research was joined by expert guest, Holly Mieville-Hawkins, Senior Associate at Enable Law. Holly is an expert in the field of Court of Protection work, specialising in making and defending applications.

Purchasing land, whether for continued agricultural use, diversification schemes or larger projects such as renewable energy and essential infrastructure can prove complex. Understanding the land’s historic activities alongside any sensitive habitats and other pathways that could affect the land could help to avoid any liability for the land owners