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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.
Monthly compliance update – September 2024
If you haven’t yet completed the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) anti-money laundering questionnaire, time is running out for you to do so as the deadline is 23 September
Migrating from one dictation-to-transcription workflow solution to another one
If you are considering migrating from your current dictation-to-transcription workflow solution to a new offering, here are some of the key decisions you will need to make and the factors that can influence these.
From first contact to client retention: Mastering intake and onboarding for law firms
The efficiency and effectiveness of a law firm’s client intake and onboarding process can make or break the client experience.
What questions should you ask your legal software vendor
Choosing the right legal software for your law firm is crucial. With the right tools, you can streamline operations, improve efficiency, and ultimately provide better service to your clients.
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The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing
Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.
Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.
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