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The legal professions of England and Wales – solicitors, barristers and chartered legal executives – will celebrate Pride events virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a ‘Home and Away’ theme.

DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions, together with RPost, the global leader in secure and certified electronic communications, today released the integration announced in March.

Following announcements by Coadjute that they will connect the UK property market by blockchain, estate agent software providers dezrez, MRI Software and Reapit; and conveyancing software providers dezrezlegal and Redbrick Solutions announce they will be the first to explore interoperability with the platform. This represents a significant milestone in the digital transformation of the UK housing market.

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that Lundgrens – a leading independent Danish law firm with approximately 150 employees and 90 lawyers – has successfully moved to iManage Cloud, after using iManage Work for document and email management on-premises for several years across the organisation. The move gives the firm access to iManage’s leading work product management capabilities, delivered through a high-performance cloud built for professionals.

As this is published, legal firms throughout the UK are facing the huge operational challenges brought about by Coronavirus and the subsequent requirement for social isolation. The Law Society is continually monitoring the situation and providing regular updates to provide information and guidance. Many of the responses posted by the Law Society point to very real concerns about job retention, the delivery of services and remote working.

Legal software company Peppermint Technology has been selected to provide a new Case and Matter Management platform for the global legal services business DWF. 

A Personal Representative (PR) to an estate has an important role to play in the administration process with their responsibilities including checking the financial status of the beneficiaries before the estate is distributed. Sadly, bankrupt beneficiaries, both in the UK and abroad, are quite common and this may worsen in a post Covid-19 world.

For over a decade, Certainty the National Will Register has built a significant National Will Register and Will Search service that protects law firms, testators, executors and beneficiaries each and every day. Thousands of solicitors and Will writers use Certainty the National Will Register, ranging from sole practitioners to the largest law firms in the country.

In episode five of Topical Talks, Title Research was joined by expert guest, Heledd Wyn, Associate Director and Head of Long Term & Elderly Care at Gregg Latchams. Heledd specialises in estate planning, long-term care and asset protection. She is a member of STEP, sat on the STEP Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group for six years, and is also an accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly.

If the last 10 weeks has taught us anything, it’s that a lot can change in a short space of time. Law firms have needed to be agile and to re-think many operational processes to deal with staff issues and continue to provide their clients with expected levels of service. As lockdown restrictions ease and the practical implications of what ‘return to work’ actually means are considered, law firm leaders are working to identify the priority areas that need their attention.