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Eight tips for completing your PII proposal form

21 August 2025

Market conditions continue to improve, so whilst there may be less scrutiny on firms, a detailed and thorough proposal form can help to reduce premiums even further.


Are we paying enough attention to international PEPs?

19 August 2025

As firms deal with more and more individuals linked to foreign governments, identifying high-risk PEPs is becoming more of a challenge – and the profession needs to up its game.


AI and the solicitor’s duty of competence: Time for SRA guidance?

15 August 2025

AI tools are already embedded in many firms’ day-to-day workflows. Yet the regulatory framework has failed to keep pace. The SRA cannot remain silent.


M&A starts in the data room – what would yours say about your business?

13 August 2025

When I sold inCase last year, people asked what made the deal run smoothly. To their surprise, it was the data room – the single most powerful tool in mergers and acquisitions.


Will AI finally kill the billable hour? The rise of value-based pricing

11 August 2025

The billable hour has long dominated law firm pricing models. However, as artificial intelligence reshapes legal work, this traditional approach faces increasing scrutiny.


Will AML reform ease the burden on legal finance teams?

7 August 2025

The announcement by HM Treasury that it wants to see “clearer and more proportionate” Money Laundering Regulations has been met with cautious optimism across the legal sector.


Arbitration and mediation: a shift in commercial dispute resolution?

5 August 2025

The Arbitration Act 2025 came into force last week and, with growing judicial momentum behind mediation as well, meaning solicitors need to reflect on their working practices and clients.


Redefining what it means to be a lawyer

1 August 2025

Some people know early on that they want to be a lawyer. They have a clear goal and a structured path. It’s a great position to be in. But many of us don’t have that clarity.


10 practical tips for law firms exploring AI opportunities

29 July 2025

AI is a tool – a technology that can help your firm succeed, if used in the right way, in line with your firm’s objectives. It shouldn’t be the starting place itself.


What red flags are your firm missing in medical negligence claims?

25 July 2025

Medical negligence claims are some of the most emotionally charged and complex cases a solicitor can manage. The consequences of getting it wrong are high, for both claimant and law firm.

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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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