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Top trends for 2025 and how to get ahead
Looking ahead at this year, we delve into the biggest trends for the legal sector and how they can be best navigated to build a successful 2025.
Evaluating: claim success rates and claim payout values
By using our AI claims platform the software automatically calculates the ESP (Estimated Success Percentage) & EPR (Estimated Payout Range).
Generative AI in law: the opportunities, the challenges, and getting started
As a passionate advocate of using technology to improve people’s lives, I see Gen AI as a pathway to enabling significant positive change, with the right culture and focus in place.
ARAG UK welcomes new CEO: David Haynes will succeed Tony Buss
The Nomination Committee of ARAG UK has appointed David Haynes as CEO of ARAG UK Holdings Limited and ARAG Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited, in Bristol.
Expert view: How firms can meet their compliance requirements and deliver a great client experience
Amy asked the panel to share their views on how firms can achieve balancing their compliance requirements alongside providing a great client service in today’s legal landscape.
2025 Legal tech predictions: leveraging talent, streamlining operations, and harnessing technology
As others are predicting (and I agree with), demand may soften in 2025. If that happens, how will firms achieve the expected growth? Firms cannot create ‘new business’ out of thin air, so what will they do?
Historic phone hacking settlement: Temple Legal Protection congratulates legal teams and highlights role of ATE insurance in securing justice
This historic settlement marks a significant achievement in the long-running phone hacking litigation.
What happens when B2C claims merge with B2B platforms = B2C2B
By Legal Futures Associate OCC AI Software The following: ONBOARDING less than 3 minutes. STAFF costs reduced by up to 80%. TEAM size reduce by up to 35%. ENQUIRIES via AI forensic marketing up by 150%. HIGHER quality claims are captured… Read More
1 in 10 of UK’s Top 200 law firms using AI to improve accuracy and insight into CON29 searches
Search Acumen reports that its proprietary AI tool, Real Estate Intelligence (REI), has been used to analyse local authority search data by 20 of the UK’s top 200 commercial real estate law firms
New CQS training course equips conveyancers with updated compliance, risk management and service standards for 2025
Conveyancers and legal professionals are supported in maintaining their Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation with the launch of new CQS courses from Access Legal.
Blog
The SRA’s client money reforms: good intentions, questionable execution
On the face of it, the SRA’s plans to tighten protections around client money sounds sensible. The detail, as ever, tells a more complicated story.
Recruitment, retention and reward in the legal accounts world
Understanding the legal finance market is important – not just for those actively involved in it day-to-day but also for leaders within law firms.
From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
