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Record rainfall highlights future insurance issues
Over the past month the UK has seen record levels of rainfall, nearly twice that which we would normally expect for April. As of May 4th, the Environment Agency still has 82 flood warnings in force, 21 of these alerting homeowners that immediate action is required.
New name for Litigation Costs Services as it develops ‘Jackson compliant’ costs software
On 1 May Litigation Costs Services, the first costs drafting firm to be a Legal Futures Associate, celebrated its tenth anniversary with a reception held at the RAF Club in Piccadilly.
Successful networking – some useful pointers for networking events
Networking events are a vital part of business development in legal and professional services and can be a great way to meet interesting people and prospective clients. Just like any other business development activity, it is a good to approach networking events with some prior consideration and planning.
From rules to principles: meeting the SRA challenge
Regular readers of Legal Futures will know that the compliance obligation for solicitors is changing. It all began on 6 October 2011 when the Solicitors Regulatory Authority launched a new outcomes-focused compliance regime which included a new code of conduct for solicitors.
Another Eclipse social media first – YouTube videos embedded within the client file
Hot on the heels of the recent announcement that Eclipse Legal Systems has integrated the “Big 3” social media sites into Proclaim case management software, YouTube integration has now joined the party. As with Proclaim’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook integration, YouTube… Read More
ETSOS hits right note at PROPERTYdrum B2B awards
Online search specialist and ancillary service provider, ETSOS, has hit just the right note at this year’s PROPERTYdrum B2B awards, scooping top honours in the Outsourced Services category.
Jures undertakes next piece of ABS research: your input welcome
Legal market research company Jures is undertaking the next in a series of reports on the Legal Services Act. The report will explore law firms’ attitudes to alternative business structures (ABSs) and Legal Futures readers are welcome to contribute to the survey for the report.
#familylawtweetup – family law event attracts over 60 social media savvy tweeters
On Thursday 19 April, the first ever family law tweet-up took place at One Alfred Place, a private members club in the heart of London’s West End, attracting over 60 family law tweeters from all over the UK.
Tikit launches Carpe Diem TimeFinder
Carpe Diem TimeFinder from Tikit enables firms to improve the accuracy and quality of their time inventory as well as reducing the time taken to capture relevant time entries.
ETSOS launches video nicey
Not every company would let its clients loose on camera but online search provider and conveyancing technology specialist ETSOS has done just that in its new promotional video. Eschewing traditional marketing puff for letting clients tell it like it is, the two-minute film neatly captures the differentiators that have made ETSOS one of the fastest-growing suppliers in the UK. Users from firms including Shulmans, Rowlinsons, Clutton Cox and QualitySolicitors Talbots attest to key qualities including product choice, customer service and easy-to-use systems, highlighting how these have translated into business advantage for them.
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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.
