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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for February
While residential property transactions remained relatively flat in February 2019, the number of monthly seasonally adjusted transactions has only been bettered once since the EU Referendum in 2016.
Number of law firms using Live Chat has risen 38% in six months
New research from Moneypenny has revealed that it has seen a 38% increase in the number of law firms using Live Chat over the past six months.
65 year old local law firm embraces technology for generating client referrals
Shepherd Harris are a well-known law firm in Enfield Town, trading there since 1954. Their whole ethos is based on providing a great client service. Duncan Ritchie, company director and servant of 42 years says, “Most of the work we get comes from referrals from previous clients, word of mouth, client’s recommending us to family and friends”.
LEAP celebrates 2000 UK law firms
The appetite that law firms in the UK have to embrace the cloud and leverage technology to improve their firms is best demonstrated by the fact that more than 2000 law firms in the UK and Ireland have now made the switch to LEAP. First launched in January 2015, this is the fastest uptake of new technology in UK legal software history.
The Big Gig Rejig
The ‘gig economy’ is never far from the news. Here DAS Law Solicitor John Griffiths explains where the term comes from, what it means, and how businesses can help themselves today when it comes to clearly defining the status of their people…
Deputyship Development Day Manchester Event
Finders International is to hold the first of its popular Deputyship Development Days for 2019 in Manchester on 3 April.
Over 25% of SMEs fail to implement any cyber security measures
Only 8% of small to medium sized law firms have failed to implement any cyber security measures last year.In comparison, over a quarter of the UK’s small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have no cyber security measures or strategies in place.
DP Conveyancing are winning more work with Redbrick Solutions
Founded in 2016 by Dawn Pickett and Peter Effard, DP Conveyancing & Property Law Ltd are a modern, innovative and dedicated firm of licensed conveyancers.
Certainty Expert Webinars present: “Wills and Inheritance Disputes: What News from the Front?”
Mark Solon, Wilmington plc and Edward Hewitt, 5 Stone Buildings will be presenting the next edition of Certainty Expert Webinars on Wednesday 27th March 2019 at 12.00pm.
Insight Legal continues expansion with office moves and appointment of CEO
Software company invests in its team and office to drive growth and deliver enhanced customer support
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.
