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Irwin Mitchell lawyers reveal pride at supporting Bite Back at Mouth Cancer campaign
Irwin Mitchell specialist dental negligence lawyers have revealed their pride at supporting the recent launch of the Bite Back at Mouth Cancer campaign through their ongoing partnership with the Mouth Cancer Foundation, as Mouth Cancer Action Month kicks off across November.
Weightmans and Damar welcome first higher legal apprentice graduates
When Jordan Coulton and Natassia Sinclair saw the advertisement for a legal apprenticeship role at the Liverpool office of top UK law firm Weightmans, they didn’t realise that they would be blazing a trail for a whole new entry route to careers in the legal profession.
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions Opens a New Centre of Excellence in Leeds
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a provider of technology solutions to law firms and other professional services firms, has invested in a new Software Centre of Excellence in Leeds, UK.
SRA annual declaration
After months of waiting, the SRA has finally published the wording for the annual declaration required under its new approach to continuing competence
Legal Focus Autumn 2015 – Say goodbye to abbreviated accounts
Small companies and LLPs currently have three options when it comes to filing their statutory accounts; file full accounts, remove the directors’/members’ report and/or the profit and loss account from the full accounts and file the rest (abridged accounts), or file abbreviated accounts.
Criminal appeals court winners revealed
The UK legal industry was thrown into turmoil over the summer with the release of a controversial report from the US analytics firm, Premonition.
Legal Focus Autumn 2015 – Pension Windfall
Amid news of tax rises and spending cuts delivered in the 8 July Budget was a potential windfall for anyone looking to top up their pension fund.
Forster Dean launches new brand and website
Forster Dean, a Top 200 law firm with a number of offices throughout the North West, recently introduced the company’s new brand and website.
Legal Focus Autumn 2015 – Capital Investment
With confidence continuing to return to the economy we are beginning to see more practices making substantial investment in their IT systems and other areas of infrastructure.
TM Group poll results: Has the latest Law Society Practice Note led to any changes at your practice?
Ever increasing fraud levels and increasingly sophisticated methods of fraud are, it seems, an ever-present threat now for the property transaction and sadly this isn’t a new problem.
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.
