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Irwin Mitchell’s Will Disputes expertise recognised at Yorkshire Legal Awards
The specialist Will Disputes team at national law firm Irwin Mitchell has revealed its delight after being named among the winners at the 2015 Yorkshire Legal Awards held in Leeds last night (22 October ).
Legal Focus Autumn 2015 – Will you be exempt from an audit?
The SRA has recently announced that it will be making major changes to the requirement for practices to have an audit under the SRA Accounts Rules, following a consultation on the role of the Reporting Accountant held at the end of last year.
QS David & Snape makes ‘long overdue’ switch to SOS Connect
South Wales law firm QualitySolicitors David & Snape is the latest to sign up to SOS Connect integrated practice management and matter management from Solicitors Own Software.
Burcher Jennings shortlisted for ‘Supporting the Industry Award’ at The Modern Law Awards 2015
Burcher Jennings is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for the ‘Supporting the Industry Award’ at the forthcoming Modern Law Awards 2015.
Legal Focus Autumn 2015 – New UK GAAP: FRS 102
FRS 102 is a new accounting standard, which replaces all of the current SSAPs and FRSs.
Legal Focus Autumn 2015 – Fraud alert
Over the last six months we have heard of seven legal practices losing client money through fraud, with more than £2.4million of office and client money stolen.
The view from Advanced Legal 2015 user conference: “law firms must innovate and transform to remain competitive”
“Law firms must use technology to innovate and transform to remain competitive”, that was the main message delivered to the audience at this year’s Advanced Legal User Conference.
PSG cross the muddy finish line and smash their fundraising target
It was hard work and extremely muddy but on Sunday 19 October, PSG completed the Major Series North, a 5K military assault course, in aid of blood cancer charity Bloodwise.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions for September
Andy Sommerville, director of Search Acumen, comments on the HMRC property transactions for September
OneSearch Direct address planning risks in conveyancing, with free CPD webinar
Planning Minister, Brandon Lewis MP, recently announced that a panel of experts has been created to analyse and improve the local plan-making process.
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The cost of systemic failure and childbirth injuries
Recent reports show that the NHS has paid almost £3.5bn in medical claims around childbirth injuries over the past six years.
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.
