associate news

The after-the-event (ATE) business development team at ARAG has seen some positive changes recently with the promotion of Mike Knight to ATE sales manager and addition of Brett Storey to the sales team.

International law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has selected LexisNexis® Redwood Analytics® as the firm’s solution of choice for its management reporting and business intelligence platform. The solution will be deployed in the firm’s London office and used to manage business operations around the world.

Chattertons Solicitors has launched SOS Connect across the entire firm as part of an ICT overhaul which will boost its performance in the new legal era.

London (3 December 2012) – Thomson Reuters Foundation has announced the winners of the second annual TrustLaw Awards, recognising the best pro bono projects undertaken jointly by lawyers with NGOs or social entrepreneurs.

ETSOS now have a newly enhanced search ordering module that can improve the customer experience in the moving process because they have included what they call a “comparison widget.”

There can now surely be no question that the delivery of legal services is changing, and changing forever. Firms up and down the country are in merger talks, firms delivering personal injury work are having to reconsider their business model with the forthcoming ban on referral fees, whilst all firms are having to confront increasing competition from the likes of Co-op, Saga, the AA and others brought about by the Legal Services Act and alternative business structures.

With the moratorium on flood insurance due to end in June 2013, the current flooding crisis ratchets up the risk of insurance ‘ghettos’ in the future where homeowners cannot get cover. Unless the government and the Association of British Insurers find a workable solution for borrowers more than 200,000 homes could be uninsurable by next summer.

Eclipse Legal Systems, the sector’s largest independent software solutions provider, has announced the successful rollout of its A2A (Application-to-Application) “Release 2” update.

Redbrick Solutions have commissioned an extensive market research initiative which aims to lift the lid on the mood of the profession as the last tumultuous year draws to an end. The survey, supported by Legal Futures, explores the impact of… Read More

LexisNexis UK today announced that it has been named Supplier of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2012. The awards recognise excellence, success and advances within the legal world, and are judged by a panel of independent experts from the profession including former senior partners, in-house counsel, journalists and academics.