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London-based law firm Berlad Graham LLP is using the Virtual Practices legal software system to help maintain its position at the cutting edge of the fast-changing sector. The firm, set up by Raanan Berlad and Stewart Graham in October last year, is one of the growing number of virtual practices that operate without a conventional, fully staffed office function.

Full-service Newcastle practice McKeag & Co is implementing Eclipse’s Proclaim Case Management software system firm-wide. Founded almost 100 years ago, McKeag & Co provides a complete legal service to private and commercial clients, and is now considered to be one… Read More

LexisNexis UK today announced the full launch of its comprehensive LexisPSL service for lawyers, covering 25 practice areas. The LexisPSL service combines the practice notes, time-saving tools, precedents and checklists required for contemporary legal practice, with direct links through to the primary law and the authoritative industry standard titles for which LexisNexis is known.

360 Legal Group, which specialises in law firm management, structure and mergers, has announced a new partnership with legal marketing specialists Marketlaw. The two long-established firms are working together to support legal practices that need to adopt, implement and communicate new strategies, structures and direction, ensuring they can do so with the support of a combined specialist business and marketing team.

Wrekin Housing Trust is implementing Eclipse’s Proclaim Case Management software solution for its in-house legal team.

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?

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.

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

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.

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