associate news
The National Will Register announces their free will registration month
Certainty the National Will Register are holding their annual Free Will Registration Month from Monday 18th May until Thursday 18th June. Providing law firms with the opportunity to register their Will Bank with Certainty the National Will Register completely free of charge, which provides many benefits to a law firm and their clients.
SRA provides some breathing space for law firms struggling to obtain PI cover
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) recently published a useful Q&A article on their website which we recommend all law firms take the time to read. It summarises some of the most common queries the SRA has received from solicitors about their rules and the potential impact of Coronavirus.
It’s tough being in Data Privacy, Compliance and Legal Ops
New privacy and data protection regulations around the world seeking to enhance the safe keeping for individuals are causing a dramatic shift in operations across traditionally fragmented departments and teams. And there is no sign of this slowing down. There are now well over 700 data privacy and protection laws now in effect, worldwide.
Quittance launches no win no fee injury claim checker
Quittance Legal Services has rolled out a new web app that tells claimants whether they may be eligible to make a no win, no fee injury claim through a solicitor.
Eclipse launches Proclaim BI
Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced the launch of Proclaim BI – a business intelligence dashboard integrated within Proclaim case and practice management.
Innovative Nordic law firm Fondia purchases DocsCorp’s suite of desktop applications
DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Fondia, the Nordic region’s largest non-BAR business law firm, has purchased the complete suite of desktop applications. This includes compareDocs for document comparison, cleanDocs for metadata management, and pdfDocs for PDF editing and bundling. The firm will incorporate the applications into its SharePoint Online environment for more streamlined document review workflows.
Businesses advised to prioritise cybersecurity
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause significant disruption to businesses. Cybersecurity should remain a priority concern according to data breach and cybercrime specialist Hayes Connor Solicitors.
SearchFlow welcomes Government’s green light for house moves
With the Government publishing revised laws that permit house moving activities to recommence in England from today, SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions – is welcoming the changes that have been introduced.
Quill’s new Interactive App
It doesn’t matter whether you’re working in the kitchen, at the dining room table or spare bedroom, Quill users can access their client and matter records on its newly launched Interactive App.
How to Prepare Precedent H budgets or send files ‘contactless’ to a Costs Draftsman
If COVID 19 has taught us anything at all then it’s the paper light is a necessity not a nicety. You simply cannot work on a file together if you rely on paper. That’s it plain and simple.
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The cost of systemic failure and childbirth injuries
Recent reports show that the NHS has paid almost £3.5bn in medical claims around childbirth injuries over the past six years.
Mazur: when regulators make simple things complicated
What the last six months have shown is that supervision cannot be treated as a background compliance obligation quietly managed somewhere in a firm’s operational processes.
How unstoppable AI is reshaping UK legal practice
At a time when most technology innovation still flows from the US and China, UK lawtech is attracting growing international attention and capital.
