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Qanooni wins Investec ESEY Professional Services Award sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
AI legaltech company Qanooni has been named winner of the Professional Services category at The Investec Early Stage Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Grow your business: How to level-up your business development strategy
Amy Bruce of Osprey Approach hosted a panel of experts to explore how SME law firms can level up their business development (BD) strategies.
Enhanced data insights take your ID verification beyond the basics
Checkboard take you beyond documentation, using enhanced data insights to get more reliable proof of identity. That way, we help you reduce your exposure to criminal risk.
Homden Property Lawyers show what’s possible with Hoowla conveyancing software
For Homden, the client experience begins long before the first document is drafted. Using Hoowla’s quote calculator, the firm provides instant, tailored quotations.
FCA motor finance compensation scheme: Implications for law firms
The scheme is designed to provide a simple, free-to-use process, allowing consumers to claim without engaging a law firm or incurring legal fees.
Feeling trapped? Options for succession and exit for law firm partners
Law firm partners have several exit routes, from individual partner buy-outs to full succession through private equity, acquisitions or employee ownership trusts, each offering different benefits, risks and cultural implications
DSW Capital delivers strong half-year performance with continued revenue growth and platform expansion
DSW Capital, the business advisory platform behind Dow Schofield Watts and DR Solicitors, has delivered resilient results for its half year ending 30 September 2025, reflecting the scalability of its pioneering model.
CEL Solicitors celebrates award win
CEL Solicitors is celebrating after winning the Law Firm Award (50+ employees) at the Liverpool Law Society Annual Dinner and Legal Awards 2025.
ILFM Autumn Conference: The Future of Client Money
As the legal sector continues to evolve and, no doubt, with changes for the SRA and other regulators over the next few months, the role of finance professionals remains absolutely central.
Employee ownership: The new driver of law firm succession
With government backing and tax incentives, employee ownership is reshaping law firm succession, enabling gradual exits, cultural preservation and stronger people driven practices supported by profitability.
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The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing
Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.
Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.
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