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Upcoming free webinars with Conscious Solutions
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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.
Express bucks PI sector trend with record results
Personal injury law firm Express Solicitors has smashed its own turnover target of £60m with its group turnover now coming in at £70.6m, up from £54m in 2023.
Surge in cyber attacks on UK law firms: A growing threat to sensitive data
In a concerning trend, the number of successful cyber attacks against UK law firms has surged by 77% over the past year, according to a recent study.
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Containing the spread of unapproved AI
Nearly 60% of fee-earners admit to using unapproved tools (like free versions of ChatGPT). Yet 68% of firm leaders are confident there is zero risk of unapproved AI being used for client work.
When AI adoption goes wrong, costs add up fast
City AM recently reported that London is fighting to claim the title of ‘global capital of legal AI’. However, it’s crucial we remember that adoption alone does not create value.
Gen Z lawyers vs identity, sacrifice and success
This conversation began with my training principal, who admitted something many senior lawyers quietly feel: “I struggle to understand what motivates Gen Z lawyers.”
