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It would be easy to think that as lockdown is being phased out, the legal market is likely to bounce back to what it was. But along with many other industries, the market has changed course and nothing is the same. Recession, job uncertainty and concern around a second wave means consumers aren’t acting as they used to.

Legal professionals are too busy to win new business, despite the average value of a case being £4,000, according to a new research report.

Zylpha has announced a strategic partnership with digital engagement cloud specialist VirtualSignature.  Under the terms of the deal, this widely acclaimed digital onboarding platform will link to the LexisNexis Visualfiles case management system through Zylpha’s proprietary integration. This will enable LexisNexis Visualfiles users to utilise VirtualSignature applications, without having to leave Visualfiles.

The conveyancing market experienced a precipitous fall at the start of Q2 2020 as the entire property market was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, before May and June brought green shoots of recovery, according to the Q2 2020 edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.

Tikit, an Advanced company, and leading provider of technology solutions for law and professional services firms, today announces the integration of Introhive and its Cloud-based Tikit Connect CRM system.

Now that we’ve covered collections—what  I believe is a foundational component to an unstructured data solution—I  think it’s time to focus on easily the most important requirement: processing.

Justin Lingard served as an Associate Solicitor with Margraves Solicitors for around 2 years before the firm incorporated as a company and commenced trading on 01 August 2020. Now a Director of its successor practice Margraves Ltd, the firm is boutique with around fourteen employees spread between one main office and two satellites. Started in 1994, the firm specialises in wills and probate, trust law, employment law and conveyancing. 

Covid-19 has had an enormous impact on all walks of life. Industries across the board have been forced to re-evaluate and innovate.

Contentious Probate can be defined as a dispute arising out of someone’s estate after they have passed away. There has in recent years been a considerable build-up of wealth for a large section of the population. A higher proportion of people are now in a position to leave valuable assets to others upon their death.

UK property transactions jump 14% over the last month, rising to 70,710 in July 2020, up from 61,780 in June 2020. Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “July’s transaction data exposes the stimulus that raising the Stamp Duty threshold has injected into the property market.