5 reasons your firm needs a legal forms library
Every law firm, whether large or small, are experiencing the same challenges when it comes to keeping up to date with legislation changes in the UK this year. Brexit and the pandemic are accelerating regulatory change. Covid-19 is driving additional short notice changes impacting everything from tax and how courts work, to repossession deadlines.
Highly-experienced midwife joins Hudgell Solicitors
Hudgell Solicitors has appointed experienced registered midwife and former NHS incident investigator Theresa Greenwood to further enhance its in-house medical expertise when handling serious clinical negligence claims.
Professional Deputy locates unknown 25-year-old Will through a Certainty Will Search
Tollers regularly work with their local council to act as a Deputy for those who have lost capacity and are unable to handle their own affairs. The firm conduct a Certainty Will Search in Court of Protection matters to ensure that they have located the last valid Will of P to establish their past and present wishes and feelings to ensure that they are acting in their best interest.
Overview of the Nuix 2021 Global Regulator Report
Nuix engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to interview 31 regulators in 18 countries during 2020. The Nuix 2021 Global Regulator Report takes the learnings from those interviews and highlights best practices, technology protocols, agency enforcement strategies, and data sharing preferences in a comprehensive and thought-provoking report that Ari Kaplan and Nuix’s Stuart Clarke discuss in this video.
The pathway to efficiency
It has always been a challenge to assemble bundles for inquiries; when I first started nearly 40 years ago there were no rules, and it was pretty much a free-for-all. I am fortunate to have worked with and alongside some exceptionally good solicitors who drilled into me the importance of producing bundles of documents that were comprehensive, paginated and indexed. It is the ideal we should all aspire to, but it is a lot of work, particularly if, like me, you are a sole practitioner.
Less than a quarter of businesses adequately support knowledge work
iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, today released research that finds just 23 percent of knowledge workers report their organisation is ahead of the curve in digital capabilities to support knowledge work.
How to build maximum value in your law firm
There are several ways for experts to calculate a law firm’s valuation. For a start, there are many reasons why your accountant should never undertake the valuation of your solicitors’ practice. What’s wrong with my accountant, you say? Surely your accountant, given their knowledge of your businesses and their accounting skills, should be perfectly suited to valuing a business?
Furloughed but never forgotten
Have you arranged refresher training yet for your staff that may have been on furlough? The government is actively encouraging employers to do so and the Institute is ready and keen to help you provide it.
