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Leading legal software provider Quill is setting out to make legal professionals’ document management more streamlined and efficient than ever before through the launch of its improved DocsHub service.

ReviewSolicitors are very pleased to have been invited to work with the SRA on their initial pilot for client reviews.  Reviews have quickly become mainstream within legal services… ReviewSolicitors are very pleased to have been invited to work with the SRA on their initial pilot for client reviews. 

Dealing with US assets can be difficult in the best of circumstances. However, these difficulties can become much more complex when assets become escheated, which takes place when a US account becomes dormant for a period of time specified by state law, typically between three to five years.

Hudgell Solicitors has announced the appointment of six new trainee solicitors under a new scheme enabling them to earn and learn – benefitting from accruing a period of recognised training alongside their studies.

Every day The National Will Register locates Wills made many years before that have been lost or forgotten about due to the passage of time. Clients move home and do not always inform the professional who wrote their Will or update it, even when life circumstances change such as having children or a death in the family.

Flex Legal is delighted to announce that Richard Punt has joined their Advisory Board. Richard has a wealth of experience in strategy, innovation and the digital transformation of the legal sector.

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market has not been able to cope with the sheer volume of transactions brought on by the post-lockdown and Stamp Duty holiday surge.

A couple of years back, when the GDPR was about to come into force, there was a great deal of talk about Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs).* While European residents had long held the right to request their data, the fact that it was now free, and that there were potentially significant penalties for non-compliance meant that many organizations expected a tsunami of DSARs.

Last week I read a couple of interesting articles in Insurance Post regarding the proposed fee caps being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Claims Management Companies (CMCs). Insurers are wary of an influx of CMC-related claims following the proposed whiplash reforms, so this comes with little surprise.

Regulatory change has always happened, but currently there are two particular accelerants: Brexit and the pandemic.