associate news
Compliance officers – lambs to the slaughter?
Anthony Townsend, chief executive of the SRA, is quoted as saying that “compliance officers cannot be sacrificial lambs. You can’t just shuffle off responsibility for compliance”. ‘You’ here means the management and it begs an obvious question: if management can’t shuffle off its responsibilities for compliance, why have compliance officers at all?
SLC members set to benefit from access to exclusive new ordering platform
As of today, the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has launched a new electronic ordering platform, which will give its members access to a range of conveyancing products and services, all available at discounted rates.
SearchFlow releases dates for risk management and compliance seminars
Electronic conveyancing search service SearchFlow has released the latest dates for its CPD seminar series. Aimed at legal professionals in the residential market, the seminars are led by recognised industry experts who will highlight the latest developments in risk management… Read More
Eight new full-text journals to be added to LexisLibrary from renowned publisher
LexisNexis UK has responded to customer requests for additional journal content by expanding its licensing partnership with Oxford University Press. The deal will see the addition of eight new full-text journal titles to the industry’s most extensive and authoritative source of essential legal information online, LexisLibrary.
ETSOS publishes searching truth on compliance
Online search supermarket and conveyancing technology specialist, ETSOS, has published some useful guidance on how its ordering and quotation and referral systems can help conveyancers meet their compliance obligations. Prepared by independent compliance consultant Michaela Hardwick, the advice note details… Read More
Microsoft showcases Peppermint at worldwide conference
Legal technology innovator, Peppermint Technology, has been selected from 640,000 Microsoft partners worldwide to be one of 10 feature stories at its worldwide conference 2012 this coming week. The event, attended by over 15,000 partners, provides an insight to Microsoft’s long term strategy and vision, product roadmap as well as sharing partner success and best practice.
New website to speed up search process for conveyancers
Conveyancing searches are set to get faster following the launch of SearchFlow’s new website. The completely overhauled, state-of-the-art B2B interface has been developed with usability as the guiding principle. It also offers greater flexibility for different categories of searches and, for the first time, users are able to select multiple ‘favourite’ search options, so conveyancing professionals can choose templates for different categories of property.
Increase in property searches expected as ‘fracking’ review concludes close watch required
Property search provider SearchFlow has welcomed last week’s publication of the review into hydraulic fracturing (fracking) by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Richard Hinton, business development director at SearchFlow, said there are still further issues which… Read More
Irwin Mitchell wins prestigious award for its inspiring diversity strategy
Staff at national law firm Irwin Mitchell are celebrating after winning a top HR industry accolade for its inspiring workplace diversity strategy. Irwin Mitchell achieved the best workplace diversity award at the HR Excellence Awards 2012, on Monday 25 June at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane in London.
SOS supports ‘Management Really Matters’ conference – free whitepaper for delegates
SOS is again exhibiting at the Manchester Law Society’s annual management conference, being held on 28 June 2012 at the Lowry Hotel.
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Motor finance – the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers
The Financial Conduct Authority’s motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator.
Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
Cross-generation collaboration: the key to in-house legal tech adoption
In-house legal function leaders will increasingly have to evolve their thinking on how to manage multigenerational teams containing differing levels of technological expertise.
