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This latest event brought to you by NatWest is aimed specifically at the legal sector and will address the challenges around cyber-crime, and what steps can be taken to protect your firm.

Clacton on Sea based Rhodda & Co has chosen to implement the Hoowla Case Management Software for their conveyancing department to continue offering their clients the top class service the firm is known for.

Where does after the event (ATE) insurance go from here? If you asked most providers that question in 2013 in the lead up to LASPO then you could be forgiven for thinking that there wouldn’t be an ATE market in 2017. If you asked ATE providers now most would at best be cautiously optimistic about the future.

iManage today announced that a growing number of law firms are selecting iManage Work as an effective way to transition off the Thomson Reuters Elite Envision practice management system as it approaches end-of-life. To date, more than 20 Envision customers use iManage Cloud or iManage Work on-premises for document and email management, including Bond Dickinson LLP; Burness Paull LLP; Fox Williams LLP; Harper Macleod LLP; Kemp Little LLP; Lindsays; Pemberton Greenish LLP; Stewarts Law LLP; Thomson Snell & Passmore; Turcan Connell WS; Wedlake Bell; and Wright Hassall LLP, among other leading firms.

When the grandson’s beloved grandmother sadly passed away this month, the grandson had to bring together her paperwork and systematically work through the next steps. But where was the Will? He could not find it in all of her personal paperwork, yet he knew one existed. In fact, she gave him a copy for safe keeping! Searching through his own paperwork, it became more and more apparent that his recent house move meant some documents had gone missing. Time was pressing on.

Commercial law firm Brabners, has selected Lexis® InterAction® as its customer relationship management (CRM) solution of choice from LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions, a technology provider who works in partnership with customers to help transform legal services. InterAction will facilitate greater collaboration among fee earners across Brabners’ practice areas to deliver a better service to clients. Over 340 fee earners and staff will have access to InterAction across the firm’s three offices in Liverpool, Manchester and Preston.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has today (24/02/2017) confirmed it will go ahead with plans to substantially increase probate* fees which will see people inheriting an estate worth more than £2m pay charges of £20,000 – despite lawyers warning that this could put older people at risk of unnecessary financial pressures.

Telephone answering service, Moneypenny, is celebrating after being placed 4th in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “2016 housebuilding starts soared to their highest level seen in England since the financial crisis in 2008 – reaching over 150,000 across all dwellings.

Eclipse Legal Systems, the only Law Society Endorsed provider of legal software solutions, has today announced the release of its next generation client self-service platform.