associate news
Insight Legal becomes a strategic partner of The Law Society
Insight Legal Software is delighted to announce that following a period of assessment by the Law Society of England and Wales, it has become one of their strategic partners.
Bogus law firms and identity theft
The legal sector has been bombarded by unscrupulous cyber criminals in 2019. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) reported law firm losses exceeding £700,000 in the opening half of 2019, attributing them to identity theft and the use of impersonation tactics.
Certainty the National Will Register features in the Mental Capacity Law Report
We are seeing a significant increase in the number of enquiries to locate missing Wills, in life, for non-deceased Testators. We are therefore very pleased to have been invited to contribute a short article on this month’s issue of the Mental Capacity Law Report.
Please don’t leave a message after the tone
Claire Smith, Head of Business Development at Moneypenny explains why firms should leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution.
What would you charge for a Will if Wills & LPAs were the only services you offered?
Certainty Expert Webinars are The National Will Register’s free monthly webinars that are presented by forward-thinking, leading individuals in Private Client Practice. Each month our speakers present on thought provoking subject matters with the aim of educating and giving our audience an insight on current cases, ‘hot topics’ or specialist areas of the law which those watching can take and apply into their everyday working practices.
Civil partnerships, newly transposed directives and Brexit – what a start to 2020!
January 2020 – during the first 31 days of the year, Title Research followed three significant headlines in the legal industry that changed (or have the potential to change) the way we did things previously.
Landmark Information responds to the Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ Conveyancing 2030 Discussion Paper
Landmark Information – the property, land and environmental data specialist – has welcomed the publication of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) new discussion paper, ‘Conveyancing 2030’.
LawNet scoops second industry award
A collaborative approach to learning and skills development in the legal sector has won member network LawNet a coveted national award.
Search Acumen comments on ONS Housebuilding Stats, Q3 2019
No one could accuse the nation’s housebuilders of giving us too much of a good thing. Right across the board – from the private sector to housing associations, and local authorities – building figures have plateaued. Except for a brief spike in late 2018, completion numbers have not approached the 50,000 milestone since the global financial crisis.
Australian law firm MinterEllison takes innovative approach
iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that MinterEllison – an international law firm headquartered in Australia and regarded as one of the Asia-Pacific’s premier law firms
Blog
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.
