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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.

Leading legal software and outsourced service supplier, Quill, has launched an innovative industry analysis tool, called Quilldex, giving free access to real-time-data charts depicting instruction volumes by specialism.

On 20th March 2020 the UK Chancellor announced the introduction of the Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) to assist businesses during the pandemic.

Whilst mining and extraction, in its various forms, has been carried out in every county in the UK, it is a popular misconception that the legacy of mining does not affect urban areas and that where the built environment has been present for decades that there are simply, “No sign of Mines!”. Here Paul Raglan, Managing Director of Mining Searches UK* dispels this myth.

Steve qualified as a solicitor in 1973, and is an IT Consultant. He was Chairman of Aim Computer Users Association for ten years, and is passionate about getting the most out of IT and designing it from a user’s point of view. From his first case plan in 1989, which was written in code with each action about 50 characters long, to writing workflows in four different software systems, Steve has some fascinating insights into the history and future of technology in the legal sector.

Firms will continue to work remotely when the lockdown eventually ends. This is one of the many finding in the report from DPS Software, ‘How COVID-19 has affected the UK Legal Industry’.