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Coronavirus and our desire for Certainty
Most people will have been affected by Coronavirus in some way during this pandemic. For some it’s been a very terrifying experience physically and for many more it’s been mentally and emotionally exhausting. Our daily lives and routines have been disrupted like never before including our schools, our work, our relationships and what is to become of our future?
National Cyber Security Centre launches tool to keep data safe during pandemic
As millions of people continue working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, the NCSC has launched a new tool to support individuals and businesses to comply with their data protection obligations.
Certainty Expert Webinar presents Til death do us part: ‘predatory marriage and probate’
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 acquires DPS Software
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.
A Window of Opportunity For Law Firms: Lockdown Software Offer
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.
Building your law firm’s success online
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 teases its latest features
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.
Moneypenny launches Covid-19 screening BOT for law firms
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.
Black Lives Matter
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.
Deborah Witkiss appears in Leaders Council podcast
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.
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Accountability has to live within governance, not with one person
The assumption has long been that a COLP or COFA is personally exposed to the consequences of anti-money laundering breaches.
The SRA’s client money reforms: good intentions, questionable execution
On the face of it, the SRA’s plans to tighten protections around client money sounds sensible. The detail, as ever, tells a more complicated story.
Recruitment, retention and reward in the legal accounts world
Understanding the legal finance market is important – not just for those actively involved in it day-to-day but also for leaders within law firms.
