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Terrafirma is delighted to announce the appointment of Lucy Oxer
Terrafirma is well-renowned in the UK Legal and Property sectors as ground experts, becoming the second largest provider of coal mining reports in England and Wales.
Does fracking pose a risk to your commercial property interests?
Hydraulic fracturing (also known as ‘fracking’) is nothing new in the UK; indeed, it has been used actively in North Sea oil and gas wells since the 1970s.
poweredbypie becomes CILEx Industry Partner
Search and software provider poweredbypie has today announced it has become a Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) industry partner.
Court of Appeal makes ground-breaking ruling on data protection
The Court of Appeal made a ruling on 2nd October in the Lloyd v Google case which may open the floodgates to data breach claims. The Court decided that claimants would be entitled to compensation even if the only personal information breached was their email address.
The new Terrafirma Ground Report – taking subsidence risk assessment to the next level
Terrafirma is launching a major update to its standard-setting Ground Report, making it the first domestic search product to provide detailed, property-specific information on the risks from clay-related subsidence and trees – a major cause of building damage in the UK.
Is the fear of clinical negligence litigation overblown?
Many headline-grabbing claims are made about clinical negligence litigation. For every story that a growing compensation culture is bleeding the NHS dry, there is another suggesting that healthcare professionals have acted with callous indifference to their patients.
Technology collaboration transforming legal processes with AI innovation
Three major players in the legal services market have created the first truly automated end-toend digital solution for insurers, solicitors and counsel using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
How to overcome the legal skills shortage
In the UK unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since 1975 with employers now facing a skills shortage. Employees are choosing to move to greener pastures and the inability to replace a good employee may now pose an existential threat to your business.
Why Quill ticks all the boxes
Our recently acquired Cyber Essentials accreditation is yet another tick in the growing list of reasons to use Quill’s software and outsourced support. Carrying the National Cyber Security Centre’s seal of approval with Cyber Essentials certification means our infrastructure is recognised as robust and we’re committed to raising the security bar even higher. Clients now have more incentive to choose their trusted full-service supplier.
Climate change: more trees more quickly!
A significant increase in tree planting is needed in the UK quickly if other targets to cut carbon are not met, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC)
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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.
