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Virtual appraisals: Finding the opportunity in the challenge
Having an appraisal in the online arena presents an unsettling prospect – not just for the appraisee but also for the appraiser.
Are inheritance disputes set to become disputes with will-writers?
With one in four people saying they’d contest an inheritance if they didn’t feel it was distributed properly, many solicitors will have dealt with clients who are making a will that will subsequently be challenged.
If resigning is not enough…
Last week, I wrote about the Post Office scandal. I made clear my view that resigning is not enough, but some people have rightly challenged me to say what I feel would be enough.
Looking ahead to a difficult insurance renewal season
We do not envisage market conditions changing positively for some time. We anticipate that rates will continue to rise in October, although perhaps not quite as dramatically as in recent years.
Resigning is not enough
Over many years now I have contributed to the conversation about the role and purpose of in-house lawyers, but in the last few weeks the Post Office scandal has rocked me to my core.
Eight ways to transform your law firm with workflows
A legal workflow is a series of standardised tasks and actions that follow processes within a legal matter, which are completed in order to achieve a specific goal.
Whiplash: What they said, what they mean and where we go from here
Even by the standards of government press releases, the Ministry of Justice’s announcement yesterday of the whiplash reforms was a masterclass of misleading propaganda.
Has the shift to remote working increased cybersecurity threats?
The abrupt shift to remote working triggered by the pandemic has underlined significant cybersecurity threats for employers and employees alike.
Law firms resting on their laurels spells trouble for the future
A leading figure in the legal world observed recently that law firms “move only as quickly as necessary not to fall behind, and if it doesn’t seem broken there’s no need to fix it”.
Law firm diversity – are you ready for this year’s survey?
The bi-annual SRA diversity survey will be run in late summer this year. The last survey took place in 2019 and saw 96% of firms reporting their data from more than 186,000 people.
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It’s time for law firms to ask tougher questions
For years, many law firms have treated ID verification as a box-ticking exercise. Run a liveness check, match a face to a document and move on. But that is no longer good enough.
Business fatigue to AI will risk job security
Whilst we know professional learning has always been part of career paths, to hire, retain and keep talent, AI needs to be embedded as a core part of this training.
On good authority? GenAI and the reputational risks to law firms
As GenAI’s influence grows, so do the risks which are already playing out in courtrooms across England and Wales, where some early adopters are setting precedents they would rather not.
