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Mid-size law firms are looking for big ideas and are focused on strategy, according to research carried out by LawNet, the collaborative non-profit network. 

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 was only published on 20 May but received Royal Assent on 1 July. Fast-tracked through Parliament because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it introduces both permanent and temporary changes to the insolvency regime, and represents the biggest shake-up for several years.

“Positive People. Positive Impact.” Bates Wells certainly live up to their strapline, by forging ahead with an important project to replace its Practice Management systems with the Linetime Liberate solution.

Conveyancers can start working from home again more efficiently than they did while in the office. This was one of the main lessons learned in DPS Software’s latest webinar ‘Paperless Conveyancing in Lockdown UK’.

Landmark Information, the property, land and environmental data specialist, is welcoming the rescue package announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to help further stimulate the property market with a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday on properties up to £500,000, in England and Northern Ireland, until the end of March 2021.

Craig Taylor Director of Relationship Development at LEAP comments on the Government’s plan to raise stamp duty to £500k.

Hugh James, the top 100 UK law firm with offices in Cardiff and London, has signed a long-term agreement with ARAG to use the legal expenses provider’s after-the-event (ATE) insurance products for a broad range of case types, across several practice areas.

Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Economic Statement today, Dr Thomas Quirke, managing director of SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions – provides his view on the announcement made relating to the property market and changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)

Linetime is very pleased to welcome leading commercial practice Tughans Solicitors as a client to the every-growing community of Liberate System users.

According to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics 91% of UK adults are now online. So it is no surprise at all that the majority of law firms using LAWFUSION tell us that their clients want to communicate and share info with their solicitors via a secure web portal at their convenience, just like they can with their banks, doctors and the likes of Amazon.