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Taking law firm business intelligence to the next level
Monday, 6 June 2022This blog explores how law firms can take business intelligence to the next level and why it’s important to do so. It recognises the age-old principle that the legal profession has been built upon: ‘making data pay’.
Tags: Access Legal
Posted in associate news
Solicitor referral arrangements: How to maintain independence and compliance
Friday, 27 May 2022Our recent webinar looked at a number of important topics related to the involvement of law firms and solicitors in referral arrangements with external third parties. In this article we cover the rules under which law firms have to operate, common issues found in referral arrangements and agreements, and how firms can avoid problems going forward.
Tags: Access Legal
Posted in associate news
Access Legal launches digital workspace for law firms looking to overcome fragmented frustrations
Tuesday, 24 May 2022Access Legal, part of The Access Group, is helping UK law firms navigate an increasingly competitive market and growing economic pressures with the launch of Access Workspace for Legal.
Tags: Access Legal
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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
Posted in associate news
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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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.
