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When staff in organisations start using online services independently without following their in-house IT team’s approval process, those online services become ‘shadow IT’.

Despite the property market going through a significant period of development, with a healthy stream of innovation, the process of moving home is mired by reports of slow and difficult transactions.

We are close to four years on from the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s introduction of rules on transparency and it has announced it will be checking all firms’ websites in 2022.

After a seemingly slow start a decade ago, there has been an explosion of investment, awareness and new job opportunities in legal technology.

Tackling financial crime places a considerable burden of risk and compliance on conveyancers. But, while this can be frustrating, the need to combat the issues related to money laundering cannot be overstated

The government’s consultation on compulsory mediation closed yesterday. The proposals are based around having mandatory mediation for all defended small claims in the county court.

It is a year since the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination – the biggest change in legal education for three decades. Much has gone well, but there are areas for improvement.

In recent years, there has been a marked change in the approach taken by law firms to allegations of partner misconduct. You need to avoid knee-jerk decisions that could compromise the investigation.

Unlawful property investment schemes have now failed in huge numbers across the UK. At one point, even burial plots were being sold unlawfully to unwitting investors.

Law firms should be on their toes, at least considering or preparing strategies to understand or even enter new virtual worlds if they haven’t already started to activate them.