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BigHand eliminates manual task triaging with new AI email routing for cloud customers
The latest AI-powered Email Routing feature adds even more value to the award-winning BigHand Workflow Management solution and will be available for no additional cost.
A year of remastering: how Landmark raised the bar for environmental due diligence
Landmark Information has launched its remastered residential environmental search reports, a milestone that marked the start of a strategy to enhance how environmental risk information is delivered.
Qanooni AI announces category defining legal AI integration with Actionstep, unifying the work and practice of law
The integration brings Qanooni’s AI-powered draft, review, matter summaries, and legal research into Actionstep’s cloud practice management system so firms can do the work of law in one intelligent, connected workspace.
Tribunal backlog skyrockets as Lords send Employment Rights Bill back to Commons
The backlog of employment tribunal claims waiting to be heard has increased by more than a quarter over one year, according to data released yesterday by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS).
Clarity and control: The new AML checks from InfoTrack
InfoTrack has introduced a redesigned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) check that gives legal professionals greater clarity, consistency, and control in their client due-diligence processes.
Legal tech is on the rise – don’t miss out
Legal tech is growing fast. But a changing sector presents new challenges for law firms as they look to adopt the smartest possible technology solution – and that’s where all-in-one partners like Checkboard stand out from the crowd.
Balance wellbeing with productivity in the modern legal workplace
Behind every case, contract and client conversation lies a more personal challenge, how do we perform at your best without sacrificing wellbeing along the way?
Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund amends its insurance offering to BSB regulated entities
In October 2025, the primary insurer for entities regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF), has amended its position in respect of the insurance it is willing and able to provide to BSB regulated entities from April 2026.
Auto Claims Assist’s Ian Budsworth elected to the CHO Supervisory Board
On the 12th November 2025 Ian Budsworth, Managing Director at Auto Claims Assist, officially joined the Supervisory Board of the Credit Hire Organisation (CHO).
ARAG UK picks up global award for AI Legal Assistant Innovation of the Year
Prestigious LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program recognises companies and products driving innovation in the global legal industry
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Regulate sole practices on evidence, not turnover
For a sole practice, the SRA’s plan that I cannot hold a compliance role if my firm has more than £600,000 of turnover is not a measure of risk. It is a ceiling on growth.
Is Google becoming pay-to-play for law firms?
For years, law firms have been told that SEO is the long-term alternative to paying for every click. That principle hasn’t disappeared but search results have changed significantly.
Material information and the case for intelligent client onboarding
Upfront information means work traditionally undertaken after an offer is accepted will need to happen earlier. And that fundamentally changes the role of client onboarding.
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