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The Future of Work
According to a study by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) around 1.5 million workers in England are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, with women, part-time workers and young people disproportionately affected.
Climate change is pouring down
As the global climate undergoes rapid and unprecedented changes, the frequency and severity of flood events in the United Kingdom are due to increase. In the first two weeks of November 2019, the UK received a huge deluge of rain, which resulted in widespread river and surface water flooding.
2020: What’s in store for Private Client Practitioners
Join us on Thursday 5th December at 12.00pm when we will be joined by Ian Bond from Talbots Law who is presenting the last Certainty Expert Webinar of 2019, titled ‘2020: What’s in store for Private Client Practitioners’.
SearchFlow celebrates NLIS Hub’s 25 millionth milestone
SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of property search solutions and legal reports – is delighted to have ordered the 25 millionth digital conveyancing search via the National Land Information Service (NLIS) Hub, since it launched in 2001.
Knowledge management: Preventing the loss of knowledge in the law firm
We’re living in an information era, where knowledge can feel omnipresent. Yet firms often lose insights that they’ve carefully developed. This is due to poor knowledge management and retention. This poor management can have serious financial repercussions for the firm. It’s like taking the time to develop your competitive advantage – and then forgetting all about it.
Search Acumen enhances commercial property platform
Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has enhanced its commercial real estate due diligence platform, ForeSite, by adding new datasets to identify property transaction risks.
Thames Water Property Searches: Dedicated to training
My inbox is groaning with invitations to ‘free’ events. And like you, I have given up several mornings/days attending talks which, although mildly informative, do not compensate for the avalanche of work awaiting me when I return to my desk.
First4Lawyers wins for the seventh time at Personal Injury Awards 2019
Huddersfield-based First4Lawyers, the UK’s largest independent legal marketing collective, was named Claims Management Company of the Year at the prestigious Personal Injury Awards in Manchester on Wednesday (27 November) for the fifth time in a row.
Legal accounts rules: your responsibilities and how to comply
Where duty of care is concerned, protection of client monies is one of the highest priorities for law firms. As well as financial security being an obvious responsibility, it’s a vital regulatory obligation too.
SearchFlow launches free AML Risk Assessment Best Practice guidance
SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions and legal reports – has launched a free best practice guide and on-demand webinar for property lawyers and conveyancers, which focuses on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Risk Assessments.
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.
