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Why the rise in contentious probate cases is set to continue

There is no doubt that contentious probate work is growing. We do not like paying more than a couple of hundred pounds for a will, but then are seemingly happy to spend thousands taking our relatives to court, and the two do not sit happily together.

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Speeding up the property buying process

Speeding up the process of property buying and selling has taken on new urgency following the conveyancing market meltdown due to Covid-19.

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Eleven top tips for law firms for a successful data migration

When it comes to converting law firm data over from one legal practice management system to another – the words ‘baby’ and ‘bath-water’ spring to mind. The value of a law firm’s data should never be underestimated.

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Lawtech: enabling lawyers to deliver “more for less”

Legal Technology – the future of legal services

One way of viewing the current legal services market is that the legal profession is locked in a race to the death with non-qualified providers, tempted by the lucrative chunk of legal work that is not reserved to qualified lawyers and which forms a big part of their income.

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Using technology to comply with ‘portability’ under GDPR

This article will focus on this one specific section of the GDPR, article 20, which requires ‘portability’ of data containing personal information, and in particular the technical measures to be taken.

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Legal Ombudsman fee reforms risk widening the justice gap

Charging firms simply because a complaint moves through the process weakens the present connection between fees and fault. It could also encourage firms to settle for commercial reasons.


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