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Take client interaction to the next level with the Peppermint Platform
Legal technology innovator Peppermint Technology, a Legal Futures Associate, is first to offer a fully collaborative communication tool as part of its Legal Service Platform.
LexisNexis Visualfiles Helps Essex Legal Services deliver savings for the Public Law Partnership
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions and Legal Futures Associate, has announced that Essex Legal Services, Essex County Council’s legal services department, has extended the use of case and matter management solution LexisNexis Visualfiles as the technology platform for the Public Law Partnership, a shared legal services initiative.
Roadshow highlights potential perils of new COLP/COFA roles
Attendees at the first of a series of roadshows have been learning of the potential perils of the major regulatory changes that are on the way for solicitors, and which will radically affect the way they run their businesses.
Remove your need for desk phones with the Peppermint Technology platform
Legal technology innovator, and Legal Futures Associate Peppermint Technology, is first to offer a fully collaborative telephony communication ‘app’ for its Legal Service Platform. The app is an example of Peppermint’s vision to bring together applications, content and collaboration tools in one platform to enrich the client experience, improve fee earner effectiveness and reduce costs.
DAS appoints chief operating officer
Legal Futures Associate DAS Group has announced the appointment of Paul Timmins as chief operating officer (COO).
End of flood insurance agreement could leave property worth £214bn uninsured
A quarter of the properties in the UK that are at risk of flooding – worth a total of £214bn – could be left uninsured this year. According to research by property search firm and Legal Futures Associate SearchFlow, the UK’s property owners could find themselves unable to secure insurance against flooding when the ‘Statement of principles’ agreed between the government and the insurance industry expires on 30 June 2013.
Spotlight on cash flow and funding
In today’s competitive environment, there must be increased emphasis on cash generation and how it finances your firm’s strategic ambition in addition to simply supporting the day-to-day needs of the cash book.
Eclipse launches the first ABS-specific case management systems
Leading case management software provider Eclipse Legal Systems, a Legal Futures Associate, has launched the market’s first alternative business structure (ABS) specific systems.
Attwaters swap out IRIS Aim for Peppermint platform
Attwaters Solicitors is swapping out its IRIS Aim practice management system for Legal Futures Associate Peppermint’s Legal Service Platform. Following a number of months’ involvement with the Peppermint Partner Programme, Attwaters has made the decision to implement the Platform during Q2 2012.
Joined-up thinking between ARAG and Go2mediation
Legal expenses insurer ARAG, a Legal Futures Associate, has struck a deal with online mediation business Go2mediation to help both reduce the costs of litigation and save policyholders the time and stress involved in court proceedings.
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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.
