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A career in law: aspirations and achievements
Emma Johnson, Chartered Legal Executive Advocate, shares details of her CILEx distance-learning studies, Advocacy training, and what’s next for her career…
Salehs Solicitors upgrades to flexible digital solution
Salehs are a growing law firm based in Manchester, offering legal support for businesses and consumers alike. The firm has recently grown through the successful acquisition of Solis Law and the sustained growth of other departments, notably Commercial Property and Commercial Finance.
Superstition stalls the property market as completions drop nearly 40% on Friday 13th
This Friday 13th could put the housing and commercial property markets on pause according to analysis by Search Acumen, the property data and technology provider, which shows a double-digit drop in both residential and commercial sales on Friday 13th.
McKeag & Co making the move to regulated local searches
McKeag & Co is a mid-sized high street firm of 50 staff based in Newcastle upon Tyne which has provided a range of legal services, including conveyancing, to clients throughout the North East for over 80 years. Partner, Chris Thomson, heads-up the seven strong conveyancing team dealing exclusivly with conveyancing matters, for both local and long distance clients.
Southern Solicitors take vital steps to enhance cyber security
Plymouth based firm, Bright Solicitors put their business’ risk management measures under the spotlight and successfully gained Cyber Essentials certification through accredited assessor, Practical Vision Network.
Five reasons why your business should invest in ongoing training
A skilled and motivated workforce is at the heart of every successful business. Therefore, nurturing and investing in your team is vital to ensure that you futureproof your business and get the best from your people. More than ever, companies need to start looking at more innovative ways to maximise their team’s potential, providing them with the right knowledge to apply to their daily activities and enhance their existing skills. Jody Tranter, head of legal and professional training firm, Kaplan Altior, reviews the importance of ongoing learning and development, how you can achieve this and how it can positively impact your business.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
A person’s Will may be the single most important legal document they ever prepare. But, they will not be alive to see it come into effect.
Introducing the autumn edition of Entitlement
The autumn edition of Entitlement, Title Research’s quarterly news digest, is now available for legal professionals to download completely free of charge.
Select Legal’s ISO 27001 Information Security Certification
Select Legal Systems Limited, one of the legal profession’s most popular providers of software for law firms, today announced that it has, once again, passed its ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Certification surveillance audit.
Ignorance of the law is no defence
Improving people’s knowledge of the justice system in England and Wales will be at the heart of next year’s “Justice Week”, which will run from 24 February 2020.
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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.
