LawtechUK selects five pioneers to participate in R&D sandbox initiative
As part of the LawtechUK project, CILEx Regulation will be working with the other legal services regulators to provide regulatory support to the five lawtech innovators that have been selected to participate in LawtechUK’s Sandbox Pilot.
Protect yourself, your firm and client by conducting a Certainty Will Search
Conducting a Certainty Will Search ensures that you have done everything you could to locate the last valid Will of the deceased.
LawTech and Access to Justice
Earlier this year, the Legal Services Board published a collection of papers entitled, ‘Perspectives on LawTech and Regulation’, asking some of the key leaders and influencers in the legal services sector to offer their perspectives on the following question
Completing Client Due Diligence From Home
As it’s nearly Christmas, let’s start with a Christmas Cracker joke Q: What did the unscrupulous solicitor get for Christmas? A: Suspended by the SRA for not completing Client Due Diligence adequately while working from home. I know, don’t give up the day job, but I’m sure by now you get the point of this article.
ReviewSolicitors and legal technology: the importance of investing after a pandemic
With the global pace of technological transformation at an all-time high, traditional business models have to evolve rapidly to stay relevant or find themselves staring down the barrel of failure. To what extent do you agree with this notion that firms will be completely left behind after the Covid-19 crisis if they fail to invest in technology?
November 2020 Data Breach Roundup
Data breaches happen all the time, affecting organisations in all sectors and of all sizes, including private companies, educational establishments, charities and government bodies.
Court of Protection Costs: The hourly rate after PLK
In September 2020, the judgment in PLK and Others was published and the profession welcomed the notion that hourly rates applied to Court of Protection work were out of date and it was deemed reasonable for uplifts of up to 20% to be applied to the guideline hourly rates (GHR).
Registration reignites and retains clients
Registering your clients’ Wills on The National Will Register ensures that they can be easily located once the testator has passed away, protecting the estate from being distributed incorrectly by unknowingly using a revoked Will or as intestate because it was believed a Will did not exist.
