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Fixed recoverable costs in professional negligence claims: Making earlier calls
For claimant solicitors, the margin for exploratory investigation is narrower and early funding decisions carry greater weight. The emphasis is now on disciplined evaluation, realistic modelling and timely risk management.
The ILFM supports Legal Cashier Day 2026
The ILFM has long-championed the fact that every law firm runs on the expertise of people who rarely get the recognition they deserve.
iManage MCP Server is now available to connect governed knowledge to the broader AI ecosystem
Governed, auditable access to iManage content for AI replaces fragmented custom integrations, eliminates vendor lock-in, and keeps sensitive knowledge secure inside the iManage platform
One onboarding platform, not five
As law firms grow, they often find themselves building a tech stack from a patchwork of different platforms and solutions from dozens of vendors.
Temple Legal Protection unveils new corporate identity and website to reflect next stage of growth
Temple Legal Protection has launched a new corporate identity and website, bringing a clearer and more consistent approach to how it presents its services to clients and partners.
iManage launches playbook analysis to deliver faster, consistent contract reviews at scale
New Ask iManage feature automatically applies your corporate legal team’s playbooks to every contract review – all within the secure iManage environment
AI will hallucinate: The question is whether you let it speak for you in court
The High Court of England and Wales said as much in 2025: generative AI tools are “not capable of conducting reliable legal research” and can “make confident assertions that are simply untrue”.
SRA tightens its grip: AML enforcement intensifies further in 2026
As the UK legal sector navigates an increasingly scrutinised regulatory landscape, 2026 marks a decisive escalation in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s anti-money laundering enforcement agenda.
Webinar to explore how SME law firms can turn data into strategic advantage
Osprey Approach will host a webinar later this month, bringing together industry experts to explore how law firms can make better use of their data to improve performance, insight, and decision-making.
Navigating the minefield of legal technology investment
The adoption of new technologies has transformed legal practice, and this trend is only accelerating with the uptake of Generative AI tools.
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The ‘blank sheet’ challenge – what would you do differently?
Posted by Scott Jones, deputy editor of Legal Futures In the run-up to this week’s LegalTechTalk, we are inviting lawyers to take the ‘blank sheet’ challenge – sketching out their dream law firm with the freedom to start again from scratch. What… Read More
The ‘blank sheet’ challenge – what would you do differently?
The law is all about precedent and what came before. But imagine you had a blank sheet of paper and could start from scratch. What would you do differently? What would stay the same?
Why is Andrew Malkinson still paying for a crime he didn’t commit?
Like many in my profession and beyond, I have been moved by the case of Andrew Malkinson, the man who spent 17 years in prison for an awful crime he did not commit.
