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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.
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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.
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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.
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48% of law firms making mental health and wellbeing training a priority
Thursday, 2 December 2021Law firms in the UK have moved mental health and wellbeing and health and safety training up the agenda when it comes to legal learning, according to research by Access Legal.
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7 top tips for law firms to ensure their cyber security for homeworkers is solid
Tuesday, 30 November 2021With homeworking here to stay, as many law firms plan a hybrid working model for the future of law, closing and downsizing their offices, here is a check-list of the top 7 recommendations for those firms catching up with cyber security for homeworkers:
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Access Legal expands conveyancing capability, bringing more value to customers with legal bricks acquisition
Thursday, 25 November 2021Access Legal, the Law technology specialist, has announced the acquisition of the Legal Bricks group of companies, a pioneering provider of conveyancing searches and property related services to the legal sector.
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6 key lessons we can learn from the cyber security mistakes of other law firms
Wednesday, 24 November 2021The mishaps of some law firms in terms of their cyber security shortcomings have been well documented. Rather than risk the pain of a cyber-attack yourselves, it is sensible to keep an eye on where others are going wrong and heed their lessons learned.
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Why Cyber Security is more important to law firms than ever right now
Friday, 19 November 2021Cyber criminals mean business and it seems increasingly that their most attractive prime target is the law firm. For this reason, as a priority, Access Legal regularly runs cyber security events and panel discussions with law firms on the topic of Cyber Security.
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Regulatory & Compliance Update
Monday, 25 October 2021During our recent Access All Areas legal panel session the Solicitors Regulation Authority was asked what thematic reviews it was planning to carry out over the next 12-18 months, and although it said these had not yet been fixed in stone they could cover:
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Lee Bolton Monier Williams LLP (LBMW) appoints legal tech specialist Access Legal
Tuesday, 19 October 2021One of London’s oldest law firms is enjoying greater accessibility to data and applications after fully migrating to the cloud, supported by Oosha. The integrated cloud IT services provider, which is now part of law technology specialist Access Legal, was appointed by Westminster-based Lee Bolton Monier Williams LLP (LBMW) to help modernise its legacy IT system.
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Change in regulator shouldn’t make AML less of a priority
While SRA fines for AML have been climbing, many in the profession aren’t confident they will get any relief from the FCA, a body used to dealing with a highly regulated industry.
There are 17 million wills waiting to be written
The main reason cited by people who do not have a will was a lack of awareness as to how to arrange one. As a professional community, we seem to be failing to get our message across.
The case for a single legal services regulator: why the current system is failing
From catastrophic firm collapses to endemic compliance failures, the evidence is mounting that the current multi-regulator model is fundamentally broken.
