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Over 22 leading firms joined Director of Best Practice Gary Yantin and SRA Policy Executive, Richard Williams for the second continuing competence user group. This candid conversation between the firms and the regulator focussed on how firms are implementing continuing competence since the changes to CPD in November, and to share best practice.

One of the greatest quotes of all time, when it comes to learning came from Benjamin Franklin, one of the United States founding fathers. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn,” he said.

Tikit, part of the BT Group and leading provider of technology solutions for law and professional services firms, has today announced a number of key new iManage wins in the EMEA region.

Specialist legal expenses insurer, Temple Legal Protection is delighted to announce the appointment of Susan Das. She joins the company as Senior Sales Assistant and will be based at Temple’s office in central Bristol. Her appointment further strengthens Temple’s sales team supporting new and existing business partners.

Firm also deploying InterAction Business Edge module for targeted business development

Ganado Advocates, a Malta-based corporate law firm, has implemented customer relationship management (CRM) solution, Lexis® InterAction®, from LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions. The solution is delivering unprecedented access to relationship intelligence for lawyers and employees, which is enabling the firm to gain a better understanding of client needs and proactively deliver against their changing requirements. Ganado Advocates is also in the process of deploying InterAction Business Edge that will enable the firm to target and optimise its new business activities by leveraging the relationship intelligence residing in InterAction. Business Edge is a Software-as-a-Service-based tool that enables firms to measure their business development efforts against outcomes.

Saunderson House are proud to be sponsoring the award for Restructuring Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2017. The awards ‘celebrate the achievements of the finest lawyers in the industry’.

Legal Eye hosted their first seminar in the Library of Birmingham on 1 March 2017 and were overwhelmed with the response.

New start-up firm, Progressive Solicitors, is implementing the Proclaim Practice Management Software solution from Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society’s sole endorsed provider.

On Thursday 16th March, InfoTrack and the Confederation of South Wales Law Societies are hosting a free CPD event and networking drinks at the Hilton Cardiff, Kingsway.

A survey of the world’s leading network of independent law firms, Lex Mundi, placing pricing at the top end of the list of critical skills for law firms to develop in the coming years, has prompted the network to team up with Validatum, one of the world’s leading legal services pricing consultancies to address the issue.