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First Title has adapted and consolidated its suite of tailored legal indemnity policies for the renewable sector under the new umbrella of ‘Green Title’. The move comes in the wake of increasing demand for bespoke title insurance policies from growing numbers of developers and funders involved in renewable development projects.

Growth in our economy is the key issue today. On 25 May 2012, David Willetts, the minister of state for universities and science, outlined the government’s vision for high-tech growth in a speech at the University of East Anglia.

Professional services – a sector worth £35bn to the UK alone – is being transformed, and not just by economic forces. Legal market deregulation in the shape of Alternative Business Structures is disrupting the traditional model of legal services, setting the scene for a whole new era of innovation.

To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, LexisNexis asked its LexisPSL team to nominate 10 landmark legal cases that have taken place during Her Majesty’s reign. The LexisPSL team consists of 75 lawyers who cover a range of practice area from commercial and tax law through to family and crime. We surveyed the team and below are what they consider to be the milestone cases that have had an impact on society.

Full-service North Yorkshire practice Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors is implementing Eclipse Legal System’s Proclaim practice management software system in a six-figure deal.

A recent report by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) found that by far the largest volume of complaints it received concern legal costs. Despite the requirements to advise clients of costs at the outset and to keep them informed of their costs liability throughout their matter, many solicitors are failing to do this – or at least to do it adequately and/or in a way that can be understood by the lay client.

In the UK market ARAG is known for providing a high standard of service to both the intermediaries and their customers. With this reputation backed up by the accolade of “best legal expenses insurance provider” (Insurance 360 report), we are determined to remain ahead of the game. It is with this in mind that we created our comprehensive broker training packs.

As the security of confidential information moves to the fore and compliance with regulation becomes more complex, it’s important for the profession to know that it is doing all it can to comply. Oyez is currently conducting a comprehensive survey, the first of its kind, to attempt to gain an understanding of how law firms are protecting the information they handle and how they are adapting to the new SRA Code of Conduct and forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation.

Research by property search firm SearchFlow shows underinvestment in defences and climate change means the annual cost of flooding in England and Wales has reached £1bn.

Eclipse Legal Systems – the UK’s largest independently owned legal IT provider – is celebrating its 25th birthday in 2012. The company was founded on 17 May 1987 by Steve Ough (now chief software architect) and has gone on to become the market’s leading case management software vendor. Its Proclaim solution is in use by over 16,000 individuals at 650 organisations.