The 'chosen ones' get answers at COLP seminar
Proportionality and preparation were the key messages for the legal sector at a Manchester seminar hosted by Weightmans and accountancy firm HURST this week for those lawyers in the COLP hotseat.
Oak Underwriting is latest addition to ARAG UK’s high net-worth portfolio
ARAG is pleased to announce a new partnership with specialist high net-worth (HNW) insurer Oak Underwriting to provide legal expenses and home emergency assistance insurance to its HNW portfolio.
Rubric takes on entrenched traditions with Virtual Practices
Rubric has chosen Virtual Practices to support its ambition to stay at the forefront of change in the legal sector. The firm was founded by director James Howell this year as one of the new breed of dynamic, forward-thinking law firms launched in the wake of the Legal Services Act.
Eclipse to launch case and practice management compliance toolset for COLPs and COFAs
The UK’s largest independent legal software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, is set to launch a dedicated COLP and COFA toolset. Eclipse’s new compliance toolset will be a fully integrated feature of the Proclaim case and practice management system.
360 Legal Group Annual Conference and Awards Dinner
This year’s conference, at the Belfry near Birmingham on 4-5 October, will once again aim to equip you with the ideas, tools and motivation to help you to realise the true value in your law firm within an ever changing external environment.
We will look at what is happening within the UK market place that will have an impact on law firms like yours and will also hear about how law firms in the US have responded to changes in their environment. Alongside this we will not ignore some of the practical factors that are impacting on you at the moment and will take some time during the programme to consider the impact of regulatory changes.
ARAG gears up for tax fee protection drive
To drive growth in the fee protection insurance market, ARAG has entered into a partnership with Jim Hoyle, formerly of HLI Insurance Brokers (part of the CCV/Towergate Group). Jim was a chartered accountant before entering the insurance arena, so brings… Read More
Bhatia Best Solicitors plot a course for the Cloud
Major Midlands-based practice Bhatia Best Solicitors is the latest legal firm to select a DPSCloud full-service hosted IT solution as their future IT platform. With offices in Nottingham, Derby and Mansfield, and close to 200 staff, Bhatia Best, which was… Read More
A birthday present for Lord Halsbury: LexisNexis name an app in his honour
On the anniversary of Lord Halsbury’s birthday – he would have been 189 today – LexisNexis has renamed one of its smartphone apps as Halsbury’s Legal Terms. The app, formerly known as LexisNexis Legal Terms, provides LexisLibrary subscribers with on-the-go… Read More
