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Linklaters Implements iManage RAVN Insight
AI-powered application reduces search time from hours to seconds for more than 750,000 documents from the firm’s global offices in 20 countries.
Conveyancing hits the Brexit buffers
Quarterly conveyancing volumes have dropped below 230,000 cases for the first time in two years (228,994), a decrease of over 10% compared with Q1, according to the Q2 2019 Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
From ATE to the Civil Liability Act
Allianz Legal Protection’s latest roundtable in London – hosted by senior business developers Mike Wildy and Tony Dyas – saw senior representatives from a number of law firms and industry bodies join us for a lively debate.
Business Intelligence for law firms
A law firm is a business, and successful businesses know what their primary objective is, their strategy for achieving that objective, and the tactics to be used along the way to deliver that strategy. So, how does a firm identify that strategy in the first place?
Is your legal software supplier secure?
Cybersecurity is especially relevant in the legal sector due to the sensitive nature of client data, so law firms need to know that their IT and Software providers are experts in this field.
Law firms urged to prepare for busiest day of the year
Leading outsourced communications provider, Moneypenny, is urging law firms to prepare for what is predicted to be the busiest day of the year for inbound enquiries.
Landmark “zero-hours” holiday pay case brought using legal expenses insurance policy
A landmark Court of Appeal judgment that has provided much-needed clarity about how holiday pay should be calculated for certain types of worker, was brought using a group legal expenses insurance policy.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for July
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for July.
Tikit partners with Enable
Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to legal firms, today announced a new partnership with Enable to resell their PitchPerfect solution.
First4Lawyers launches multi-million pound TV advertising campaign
First4Lawyers, the UK’s largest independent legal marketing collective, has today launched its biggest TV advertising campaign with a series of new adverts.
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.
