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QualitySolicitors Keith Park implements Peppermint Portal
Long-standing St Helens legal practice Quality Solicitors Keith Park has selected the Peppermint Portal to facilitate an improved service to its clients and referrer network.
David Thorpe joins fast-growing technology innovator Peppermint Technology
Peppermint Technology today announces the appointment of David Thorpe as Director of Business Development. Since its launch in 2011 the legal technology new entrant has experienced an immense amount of interest in its Legal Service Platform. The platform is a new generation end-to-end business platform for legal providers built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.
DAS appoints head of marketing
Legal expenses experts the DAS Group has announced the appointment of Bob Screen as head of marketing. Mr Screen has had an extensive career in insurance, gaining a vast amount of experience in personal and commercial lines, and direct and… Read More
Take client interaction to the next level with the Peppermint Platform
Legal technology innovator Peppermint Technology, a Legal Futures Associate, is first to offer a fully collaborative communication tool as part of its Legal Service Platform.
LexisNexis Visualfiles Helps Essex Legal Services deliver savings for the Public Law Partnership
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions and Legal Futures Associate, has announced that Essex Legal Services, Essex County Council’s legal services department, has extended the use of case and matter management solution LexisNexis Visualfiles as the technology platform for the Public Law Partnership, a shared legal services initiative.
Roadshow highlights potential perils of new COLP/COFA roles
Attendees at the first of a series of roadshows have been learning of the potential perils of the major regulatory changes that are on the way for solicitors, and which will radically affect the way they run their businesses.
Remove your need for desk phones with the Peppermint Technology platform
Legal technology innovator, and Legal Futures Associate Peppermint Technology, is first to offer a fully collaborative telephony communication ‘app’ for its Legal Service Platform. The app is an example of Peppermint’s vision to bring together applications, content and collaboration tools in one platform to enrich the client experience, improve fee earner effectiveness and reduce costs.
DAS appoints chief operating officer
Legal Futures Associate DAS Group has announced the appointment of Paul Timmins as chief operating officer (COO).
End of flood insurance agreement could leave property worth £214bn uninsured
A quarter of the properties in the UK that are at risk of flooding – worth a total of £214bn – could be left uninsured this year. According to research by property search firm and Legal Futures Associate SearchFlow, the UK’s property owners could find themselves unable to secure insurance against flooding when the ‘Statement of principles’ agreed between the government and the insurance industry expires on 30 June 2013.
Spotlight on cash flow and funding
In today’s competitive environment, there must be increased emphasis on cash generation and how it finances your firm’s strategic ambition in addition to simply supporting the day-to-day needs of the cash book.
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Change in regulator shouldn’t make AML less of a priority
While SRA fines for AML have been climbing, many in the profession aren’t confident they will get any relief from the FCA, a body used to dealing with a highly regulated industry.
There are 17 million wills waiting to be written
The main reason cited by people who do not have a will was a lack of awareness as to how to arrange one. As a professional community, we seem to be failing to get our message across.
The case for a single legal services regulator: why the current system is failing
From catastrophic firm collapses to endemic compliance failures, the evidence is mounting that the current multi-regulator model is fundamentally broken.
