associate news
Summer edition of CaseCheck’s ‘Case Law Digest’ has arrived
The summer edition of CaseCheck’s quarterly Case Law Digest, a catalogue of all the case summaries added to CaseCheck’s online database between April and June, has arrived.
SOS Connect “the obvious choice” for Maxwell Hodge Solicitors
Maxwell Hodge Solicitors is upgrading its case management capabilities by adopting SOS Connect.
Using Eclipse's Proclaim practice management system to benefit in the new era of personal injury
Following an intensive selection process, Eclipse’s Proclaim was chosen as the firm’s core Practice Management and Case Management solution.
QualitySolicitors Clapham & Collinge select the Peppermint Platform
QualitySolicitors Clapham & Collinge has signed a multi-year deal with Peppermint Technology for the award-winning Legal Service Platform legal software. The Peppermint Platform will support the firm’s 50 staff at offices in Norwich and Sheringham providing them with applications for practice management, legal accounts, case management, billing and time recording, CRM and marketing, workflow and business process management, reporting and business intelligence, risk management, legal online services and document management.
Weightmans continues fast expansion with creation of 12 new marketing roles
Following a sustained period of growth and expansion, law firm Weightmans has announced plans to significantly increase the size of its marketing team.
Conveyancing ABS chooses Proclaim
DC Law, part of heavyweight property services group ‘Move with Us’, is implementing Eclipse’s Proclaim Practice Management Software solution. DC Law provides a full range of conveyancing services for an expanding, nationwide clientbase. The firm was among the first tranche of organisations to be licensed as an Alternative Business Structure, back in 2012.
More law firms set to sell off PI work as financial pressures bite
An increasing number of law firms will be forced into selling their books of personal injury (PI) work over the next 12 months in order to meet working capital requirements and secure their financial future – says a leading insolvency and partnership specialist.
Client extranets driving client engagement for law firms, says mmadigital
A new resource proven to help law firms better collaborate with their clients and win new business has been launched by Manchester’s full service digital agency, mmadigital.
LexisNexis formalises long-term relationship with Zylpha
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions (www.lexisnexis-es.co.uk), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced a formal partnership with Zylpha, a specialist developer of legal and secure document bundling solutions that integrate with and are complementary to Lexis® Visualfiles®, the U.K.’s leading rapid development legal and case management system.
Do you sweep things under the carpet?
What would you do if you found out that a member of your staff had committed what in a reasonable person’s opinion, amounted to serious/gross misconduct? Would you look to get rid of them as quickly, cheaply and quietly as possible by means of a Settlement Agreement (replaced Compromise Agreements on 29 July 2013), or would you pursue matters through the firm’s disciplinary process and take any knocks that may come as a consequence?
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.
