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Britain’s brightest young legal talents crowned at prestigious London ceremony
Two of the country’s sharpest legal prospects have walked away with a £5,000 prize, as well as the prestigious title of Future Legal Mind 2015, as National Accident Helpline hosted a celebratory awards lunch at Lincoln’s Inn in central London.
QualitySolicitors’ head of risk and compliance is appointed as new chair of the Law Society’s money laundering task force
Amy Bell, the head of risk and compliance at leading UK legal network QualitySolicitors has been named as the new chair of The Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force with effect from September 2015.
New Care Act ‘puts wellbeing and welfare of vulnerable people first’
Specialist public lawyers have described the introduction of the Care Act in April as the biggest change to adult social care for more than 20 years and have revealed how the legislation will ensure both vulnerable people and carers have a greater understanding of their rights.
How Eclipse Proclaim Case Management helps new start-ups to become industry heavyweights
Eclipse Proclaim powers personal injury heavyweight, Asons Solicitors, to 8,000% growth.
Who gets your vote for Conveyancer of the Year?
The Conveyancers Conveyancer of The Year Award gives you the opportunity to reward your professional colleagues in the conveyancing industry.
RIP Microsoft Server 2003: 100 days and counting
Law firms need to act now or face security risks, cyber-attacks and lost opportunities, warns ConvergeTS.
New employment partner joins Irwin Mitchell as investment in business team continues
The Sheffield office of Irwin Mitchell, has announced that it has appointed leading employment partner Kirsty Ayre to its business legal services team.
Cambridge public law expert named newly qualified lawyer of the year
Irwin Mitchell legal specialist, Caroline Barrett, recognised by Cambridge & District Law Society receiving a £100 award prize at Robinson College on Friday.
ETSOS and LAWFUSION join forces to improve conveyancing efficiency and profitability
ETSOS and Select Legal Systems have joined forces to bring the conveyancing search specialist’s class-leading ordering platform direct to LAWFUSION users.
City marine law practice Jackson Parton sails smoothly with DPSCloud
London-based shipping specialists, Jackson Parton Solicitors, have opted for DPSCloud, the managed IT solution from DPS.
Blog
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.
