associate news
Client care letters: key principles – Part one
In the first of a series of three articles concerning client care letters (CCLs), CILEx Regulation’s consumer engagement and policy officer, Sue Chandler, explains why CCLs are a great opportunity to win over your client.
Date set for Cyber crime webinar hosted by Legal Eye
Cybercrime is the now the largest crime facing the legal industry. In 2016 it accounted for around £7 million worth of losses to law firms.
DAS LawAssist extends ATE cover to Intellectual Property and Construction Disputes
The after-the-event insurance division of The DAS UK Group has extended the cover of their civil and commercial litigation product to include intellectual property and construction disputes.
Proposals to modernise the home-moving process
The CA’s white paper, Modernising the home moving process, sets out the results of the association’s research and consultations with conveyancing stakeholders across the industry, in the UK and abroad, to identify the constraints in the home-moving process and the solutions employed in other jurisdictions as well as the CA’s own vision of how a future technology supported process could operate.
Legal Eye backs new conveyancer customer service awards!
Legal Eye has been announced as the latest organisation to support the new customer service awards for the conveyancing sector launch by The ESTAS Group.
GeoSmart adds Ambiental data to enhance its Flood Risk Assessments
Unique combination raises the bar on flood risk assessment, providing unparalleled peace of mind for property professionals.
‘We’re well placed to meet the challenges to come’
Sam Younger CBE (chair of the CILEx Regulation Board) describes how CILEx and CILEx Regulation plan to encourage and support the ambitions of Chartered Legal Executive lawyers.
Search Acumen comments on today’s ONS House Price Index, February 2017
“Today’s house price data will do nothing to improve the bleak view of the UK’s property market. Average house price growth remains below the extortionate surge we witnessed in 2016, but the 5.8% growth in the year to February 2017 has rocketed the cost of buying to the highest point on record.
Artificial intelligence to combat money laundering
ComplyAdvantage partners with Encompass Corporation. Combining Artificial Intelligence and traditional data sources will be key to combatting money laundering says Encompass Corporation and ComplyAdvantage who have today announced their partnership during Innovate Finance’s Global Summit 2017 being held at Livery Hall in London.
Unregistered Will Find Report
One in every ten Will searches by Certainty results in a Will being found where one was thought never to have been written or the Will being used to distribute the estate had been superceded by the newer found Will.
Blog
Modern vehicles: new injury profiles and new legal challenges
As the number of electric vehicles on UK roads continues to grow year-on-year, it is important to address the risks that come with their increased adoption.
The SRA needs to admit it got it wrong about SLAPPs
The High Court judgment in Ashley Hurst v SRA in January raises serious questions about the regulator’s approach to allegations of SLAPP-like behaviour.
Why menopause support belongs on every law firm’s agenda
Progression in the law slows significantly as women approach senior leadership. Most will be at the height of their careers around the average age menopause symptoms begin.
