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Access Legal reveal five barriers to firms complying with AML regs
Monday, 25 April 2022Access Legal has revealed five key barriers that are impacting law firms’ ability to prove Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance following a review of firms’ AML practices.
Tags: Access Legal
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Almost half of legal firms not prepared for SRA thematic reviews
Friday, 1 April 2022A recent poll of legal practitioners and compliance officers has found that 44% do not feel their firm would be prepared if the SRA were to carry out a thematic review within 24 hours.
Tags: Access Legal
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UK conveyancing market trends and the impact on law firms
Wednesday, 2 March 2022In this article, we take a look at UK conveyancing market trends over the last 18 months, how these have impacted the sector and how technology can help firms moving forward.
Tags: Access Legal, The Access Group
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New deal marks new step in cloud adoption for law firms
Thursday, 10 February 2022More law firms are set to consolidate remote and flexible working practices, after a leading acquirer unveiled plans for a new digital workplace to support its existing and future acquisitions. MAPD Group has joined forces with cloud specialist Oosha, part of Access Legal, to give its firms the opportunity to onboard Oosha’s Virtual Desktop solution.
Tags: Access Legal
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Helping lawyers to work from home, not live at work
Monday, 31 January 2022While hybrid working offers greater flexibility, technology has also created an ‘always on’ culture where the boundaries between work and home life disappear.
Tags: Access Legal
Posted in Blog
How to generate more conveyancing work for your law firm
Monday, 31 January 2022Conveyancers have been unusually busy for the last 18 months, but at some point (and arguably for many this has already happened) the rate of transactions will slow down and there will inevitably be a shift in focus to looking at how firms can generate more conveyancing work. The process needs to be simple and easy for firms to adopt so it doesn’t just feel like extra work.
Tags: Access Legal, The Access Group
Posted in associate news
Access Legal launches CQS courses for firms practising residential conveyancing
Friday, 17 December 2021Legal technology specialist, Access Legal, the only accredited Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) training provider outside of The Law Society, has launched updated CQS courses to enable law firms to understand and demonstrate their compliance with the latest CQS standards.
Tags: Access Legal
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7 immediate steps to make cyber security a key part of your healthy ‘no-blame’ culture
Tuesday, 14 December 2021Whilst human error is the cause of 95% of cyber-attacks / data breaches, we all need to recognise that well-informed, well-trained staff are a law firm’s best line of defence against cybercrime. There are so many horror stories increasingly doing the rounds, that it is understandable that staff are terrified of doing something wrong and causing catastrophic consequences for their employers.
Tags: Access Legal
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PG Legal use Access Legal Proclaim case management to improve efficiency and report performance
Thursday, 9 December 2021PG Legal are a firm based in Gateshead in the North East of England, providing services both regionally and UK wide. The firm specialises in commercial areas of law including Commercial Conveyancing, Dispute Resolution, Employment, and Corporate matters and more recently expanding their offering to include personal legal services such as Residential Property and Wills and Probate.
Tags: Access Legal
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6 important questions law firms should ask their prospective suppliers of new software
Tuesday, 7 December 2021When bringing on board new practice management software partners, or any new technology partners, there are many cyber security-related questions we’d highly recommend law firms should ask.
Tags: Access Legal
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