New code to protect against push payment fraud is welcomed but more needs to be done
May 28th, 2019 will see a new voluntary code come into effect to provide greater protection and a commitment from banks and building societies to reimburse victims of push payment fraud.
Why make life difficult at a difficult time?
When Dr Peters approached his local solicitor with a copy of his wife’s 1982 Will, he was informed that he would need to try and find the original before he could apply for a Grant of Probate.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for February
While residential property transactions remained relatively flat in February 2019, the number of monthly seasonally adjusted transactions has only been bettered once since the EU Referendum in 2016.
Number of law firms using Live Chat has risen 38% in six months
New research from Moneypenny has revealed that it has seen a 38% increase in the number of law firms using Live Chat over the past six months.
65 year old local law firm embraces technology for generating client referrals
Shepherd Harris are a well-known law firm in Enfield Town, trading there since 1954. Their whole ethos is based on providing a great client service. Duncan Ritchie, company director and servant of 42 years says, “Most of the work we get comes from referrals from previous clients, word of mouth, client’s recommending us to family and friends”.
LEAP celebrates 2000 UK law firms
The appetite that law firms in the UK have to embrace the cloud and leverage technology to improve their firms is best demonstrated by the fact that more than 2000 law firms in the UK and Ireland have now made the switch to LEAP. First launched in January 2015, this is the fastest uptake of new technology in UK legal software history.
The Big Gig Rejig
The ‘gig economy’ is never far from the news. Here DAS Law Solicitor John Griffiths explains where the term comes from, what it means, and how businesses can help themselves today when it comes to clearly defining the status of their people…
Deputyship Development Day Manchester Event
Finders International is to hold the first of its popular Deputyship Development Days for 2019 in Manchester on 3 April.
