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UK construction continues to run, but nobody seems to know what on, or indeed, for how long. Elsewhere this week, experts have been discussing a potential crisis hitting the property market in twelve weeks’ time as UK markets continue to bristle with anxiety ahead of the Brexit deadline.

Independent software company, Insight Legal Software today announces it has been named the winner of The Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM) Solicitors’ Software Users Award for the fourth consecutive year.

The team of professional indemnity (PI) experts at Miller are proud to launch their quick quote tool that can provide law firms with a premium indication in as little as a few days.

Law firms miss 15 percent of all calls – a figure that often doubles during the summer months as departments are under-resourced while staff are on leave – according to research from leading communications provider, Moneypenny.

According to the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI), when employees are given the autonomy and empowerment to choose when and where they work, this creates a culture that removes artificial measures of success (such as logged hours or constant visibility within an office) and actually allows employers to focus on what’s important – results and performance.

Join us on Tuesday 20th August at 12.00pm where we will be joined by Central Law Training and our presenters, Lubna Gem Arielle and Elizabeth Rimmer, who will be presenting our next instalment of Certainty Expert Webinars.

Working in the fast-paced, demanding legal sector can often mean buzzwords and jargon are commonplace, especially when it comes to legal expenses insurance (LEI). To help simplify these terms for you, our brief guides give you the know-how.

Law firms have more to lose from cyber security breaches than most types of business, because handling sensitive and confidential information for clients is so central to what legal professionals do. That’s why increasing numbers of firms are taking out specialist cyber insurance policies. Our view is that cyber insurance may well be worthwhile, but it can only ever be a complement to advanced cyber security measures – never a replacement. Here’s why…

Thanks to increased everyday workloads, digital distractions, growing stress levels and evolving client demands, team engagement and motivation levels can wither. Research shows that this can impact productivity and overall team satisfaction levels, so it’s crucial to keep your team engaged to encourage loyalty and help to ensure career longevity.

We recently held a series of stimulating roundtables to reflect on the PropTech landscape and the potential of future innovations. We invited representatives from HM Land Registry (HMLR), Leverton, an Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning technology company, International Property Network (IPN), a blockchain property technology firm, research-led Artificial Intelligence company, Eigen Technologies, and also representatives from some of the country’s leading law firms to discuss hot-button issues in the digitisation of the property sector.