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Conveyancing Standards Bill – Search Acumen comments
Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “The proposed Conveyancing Standards Bill has the right message when it comes to ensuring consumer protection for people making possibly the single most important investment of their lives.
VirtualSignature.com adds Third Party e-Signature Sequencing to its Range of Services
Leading eSignature and digital onboarding provider VirtualSignature.com has announced an additional feature for its platform which will give law firms even more options with the signing and execution of legal documents and help to streamline workflow.
Casedo announces partnership with the UCL Law Society
Casedo, simplifying document analysis, research and organisation, has announced a partnership with the UCL Law Society for the academic year 2020/2021.
Bar Marketing wins SME UK Awards 2020 for best ‘barrister chambers marketing specialist’
Cited by the judges as “a superior example of a business that has made a tangible modern difference to one of the oldest and most traditional industries in the world today”, the award highlights Bar Marketing’s devotion to the Bar, chambers and individual barristers over the last nine years since the company was first formed, and is a remarkable and memorable way to commence its tenth year in business.
What really drives consumers to choose your PI firm?
68% of solicitors imagine that consumers shop around before making a final choice, yet only a quarter of PI clients said they actually did.
Managing Remote Teams: An Essential Guide for Managers
As a leader in your business, how can you achieve the best productivity and boost morale when your team is working from home? We have brought together leadership tips and insights being shared by digital workplace transformation experts right now, including from the Leeds Digital Festival just last month.
Flooding: Out of Sight should not mean out of Mind
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.
Crime Legal Aid Fee Increases – Team LAWFUSION Is Quick-off-the-mark
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.
First law firm in Finland goes live on iManage cloud
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.
Data breach expert joins Keller Lenkner UK
Kingsley Hayes, data breach and cybercrime specialist, has joined Keller Lenkner UK as head of its data breach team
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Small steps, big impact: how SME law firms are making legal tech work
For SME law firms, the priority is turning the potential of tech into measurable impact: success is driven not just by the technology, but by how firms approach planning and implementation.
Why housing disrepair claims against councils have leapt by nearly 400%
Housing disrepair claims against councils have surged dramatically in recent years, with some areas reporting increases approaching a staggering 400%.
Client accounts: Opportunity, obligation and the risks in between
The profitability gap between well-run firms and the rest is not primarily a function of size, location or practice area – it is a function of financial management.
