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Vinciworks free guide: compliance training in a post CPD era
VinciWorks has developed a free guide to the requirements and best practice for compliance training at law firms. It enables firms to verify that they are compliant with all laws and regulations.
SearchFlow responds to PCCB’s concern that Local Authorities are causing delays to property transactions
The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) has raised its concern that some local authorities are causing delays to property transactions.
Wards Solicitors opts for SOS Connect for “more consistent approach”
Wards Solicitors has become the latest law firm to sign up to the SOS Connect practice and case management system from Solicitors Own Software (SOS).
Pace of consolidation in conveyancing market trebles in 2015
The total number of conveyancing firms operating in the market declined at the fastest rate in three years during 2015, according to the year-end edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the search provider.
Burcher Jennings continues UK expansion with new Bristol office
Burcher Jennings, the national legal consultancy, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Bristol office, following increasing demand for its services across the region.
Converge Technology Specialists starts 2016 with £1.5m of new contracts
Converge Technology Specialists, the cloud provider for law firms, got off to a great start this year with £1.5m of new contracts on the back of 50% growth in 2015.
Continued practice of due diligence key to conveyancing
Various stages of any property transaction provide an element of risk (some more than others) and it seems preventative measures that are widely discussed within the profession can only do so much to help avert that risk.
DAS LawAssist rounds up the biggest litigation talking points from 2015 and the challenges ahead in 2016
DAS LawAssist rounds up the biggest litigation talking points from 2015 and the challenges ahead in 2016
Search Acumen comments on the RICS Residential Market Survey for January 2016
Andy Sommerville, director of Search Acumen, comments on the RICS Residential Market Survey, January 2016
How Proclaim legal software inspires confidence in law firms
Watch how legal organisations of any size gain confidence from Eclipse’s Proclaim legal software solutions.
Blog
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.
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.
