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Clinical negligence fixed costs & disbursements
There is continued uncertainty about how and when the regime for fixed costs in Clinical Negligence claims with a settlement value of less than £25,000 will be implemented.
Who are law firms really competing against? Client excellence in a Trustpilot world
Competition among law firms has evolved beyond just outperforming the firm next door. The real challenge today is gaining and keeping client trust in a world where digital reviews and instant feedback are the norm.
Upcoming free webinars with Conscious Solutions
At Conscious, we help law firms become more successful online, and have been doing so for over 20
Proud to be an innovative local business elevating Birmingham law firms
We are extremely proud of our heritage as an innovative legal technology company elevating the legal sector and especially helping local businesses within the local Birmingham area and wider West Midlands.
Investment in client experience biggest priority for SME law firms looking to grow
A recent industry report has revealed that a significant number of SME law firms expect their revenue to increase in 2025 with improving the client experience central to their plans for success.
How are legal firms developing their cloud strategies?
New research provides an insight into the ways that legal firms are planning for the adoption of cloud technologies and why a cloud-first strategy is proving particularly popular.
Empowering excellence: How the ILFM helps Bowling & Co
In our new mini-series “Empowering Excellence” we chat to some of the ILFM’s members about the benefits they’ve enjoyed through their membership, how it helps them both in their role day-to-day and more strategically, and the resources they find most useful.
Digital Conveyancing Summit agenda announced
Returning for the third year in 2024, the Digital Conveyancing Summit unveils the first agenda announcement with an emphasis on how to maximise technology to bring everything together in digital conveyancing.
The ingredients required to run a successful SME law firm
The latest podcast episode features Kirsty Pappin, owner of Aries Legal Practice Management and Practice Manager of the Year winner, who shares her experience and insights into the habits and behaviours of an effective practice manager
Fixed recoverable costs in low value clinical negligence claims
ursuant to Sir Rupert Jackson’s proposals from 2017, the civil litigation landscape has recently faced imminent change vis-à-vis fixed recoverable costs (‘FRC’), namely, the amount of legal costs that a winning party can recover from a losing party.
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The cost of systemic failure and childbirth injuries
Recent reports show that the NHS has paid almost £3.5bn in medical claims around childbirth injuries over the past six years.
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.
