New product manager at access legal to focus on law firm compliance efficiency
Access Legal, a division of The Access Group, has appointed a new Product Manager for Legal Content, briefed to help practices become more efficient and effective in legal learning and compliance. Ed Jones joins the newly formed division after spending over five years in operational roles at legal online training, compliance and risk management solution provider Riliance, which The Access Group acquired in 2019.
Landmark Supreme Court ruling may open floodgates to professional negligence claims
Grant Thornton has recently been ordered to pay £13.4 million in damages to the Manchester Building Society after seven Supreme Court justices found that the scope of Grant Thornton’s duty to its client should cover the losses suffered following its negligent advice.
Interview with Global CEO of PracticeEvolve Group
Further to success in Australia, PracticeEvolve launched operations within the UK in 2018. We speak with David Boland, Global CEO of PracticeEvolve Group, about their recent acquisitions, cloud software and how legal tech providers need to take responsibility for the success of law firms.
Zeus announces strategic partnership with VirtualSignature.com
Zeus Technology and VirtualSignature announce strategic partnership to deliver integration between VirtualSignature’s unique and advanced onboarding and document signing platform and Proclaim (Access Group). VirtualSignature enables legal and conveyance firms, estate agents, local authorities and accountants to onboard new clients more quickly and efficiently with its advanced eSignature, identification verification and dynamic SmartForms capability.
Lawyer 365 to launch its subscription suite in July 2021
New subscription suite for law firms looking to grow their business in today’s challenging market. Lawyer 365 is continuing to line up strategic partners, as it targets 1 July 2021 for the official UK launch of its subscription plans, according to Lawtech 365’s CEO, Rudi Kesic. The Warwickshire-based company has already secured several large national law brands on the platform, all with a significant share of the English legal market, and many smaller law firms have come on board in recent weeks.
New education standards for Chartered Legal Executives
CILEx Regulation was advised by the Legal Services Board (LSB) on 16 June 2021 that the application to introduce its new education standards has been approved. The new standards create an integrated set of education requirements and a single application process, to allow applicants to become authorised as Chartered Legal Executives with the right to practise independently in their specialist area, without duplicating application and assessment requirements. Qualifying employment requirements are now aligned at three years. On qualification, a Chartered Legal Executive will be authorised as a Commissioner for Oaths and a practice right if they specialise in one of the reserved or regulated activities. More information on the new standards can be found here.
In conversation with Johdi Hutchins
Eleven years later, in her role as Practice Manager, Partner and Accounts Manager for Galloway Hughes, comprising 23 lawyers and 2 offices, Johdi has full appreciation of the financial and compliance-related demands on law firms, and how technology can help. We caught up with Johdi to quiz her on legal tech so other law firm managers can make the right investments in software and hardware in order to excel…
New Data Insights Report snapshots flood risk in England & Wales
Landmark Information’s new series of reports offers insightful round-up of property, environmental and land-based intelligence. Data from the first in a new series of Data Insights Reports from Landmark Information has shown the broad extent to which flooding poses an ongoing threat across England and Wales.
