News Article - 17/05/2013 : could, disaster recovery, intechnology, risk management, Risk & Compliance, Technology

A new business guide has been launched online today by one of the UK’s leading Cloud...

Resource - 16/05/2013 : Compliance Manager, regulatory risk index, risk management, SRA, Risk & Compliance

What does risk management actually involve?

In the context of a typical law firm, risk is something that all lawyers know when they see it. They are usually client and matter specific and might take the form of:...

Resource - 13/03/2013 : COFA, COLP, compliance, risk, risk and compliance, risk management, Risk & Compliance, Technology, Practice Management

‘Time is money’ – so the old adage goes and nowhere is this truer than in the area of legal compliance. The new OFR regime, untested and unknown, is set to costs every UK law firm many thousands of pounds not just in design,...

Case Study - 13/03/2013 : COFA, COLP, compliance, risk, risk & compliance, risk management, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management

For many law firms the financial cost of dealing with regulatory and compliance obligations is one of their main headaches. Many firms feel overwhelmed and underprepared for the requirements of effective management of a law firm and even...

News Article - 13/03/2013 : COFA, COLP, compliance, risk, risk management, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management

Following on from the SRA’s warning earlier this year that solicitors who failed to disclose relevant information about their past on compliance officer applications could have their licences removed; and their plans to pursue hundreds of...

Resource - 05/02/2013 : BPM, business process management, case management, cms, Elite, flosuite, Frayman Group, iris Legal, Matter Management, PMS, Prosperoware, risk, risk management, weightmans, Winscribe, workflow, Finance, Human Resources, Risk & Compliance, Technology, Practice Management

Risk leaders, your time has come

How can risk heads ensure they have oversight of risk in their firms in 2013 when the benchmarks are so unclear?

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Event - 22/01/2013 : alternative business structures, Central London, COFAs, Colps, Conference, General, HR management and resourcing for SME law firms, implementing a merger, it strategy, London, LPM, performance management, practice management, practice managers, risk management, small to medium law firms, Finance, Conferences, Practice Management, Practice Management

Legal Support Network’s Legal Practice Management 2013 conference is the only event of its kind to specifically target practice managers and directors, heads of operations and...

Event - 14/01/2013 : AML, anti-money laundering, Birmingham, risk management, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management, Training and educational courses

With the prospect of a Fourth Money Laundering Directive in 2014, the AML challenges faced by legal practices show no signs of abating. Embedding a culture of compliance helps to show the SRA that you understand OFR and are managing your practice...

Blog post - 06/07/2012 : COFA, COLP, compliance, Finance, risk, risk management, SRA, Finance, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management

The SRA has again delayed the date on which its in-house watchdogs (COLP/COFA) come into force. It seems the SRA, despite some encouraging rhetoric, is still struggling to come to terms with licensing ABSs and getting to grips with its...

Video - 28/05/2012 : netbox blue, nikec dolutions, risk management, social media, taylor vinters, Technology

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News Article - 20/03/2012 : risk management, Finance, Finance, Human Resources, Risk & Compliance

Mid-tier law firms are over-engineering their risk management and compliance (RM&C) functions, spending more than both bigger and smaller practices for far less return, new research has claimed.

The benchmarking report, by broker...

News Article - 12/03/2012 : Matter Management, risk management, Finance, Finance, Risk & Compliance

A City law firm is to license out to other practices a matter risk management system that has helped eliminate claims against the firm in recent times and saved around £600,000 a year in professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums....

Event - 05/03/2012 : compliance, law society, Liverpool, money laundering, risk management, Risk & Compliance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management, Training and educational courses

As a Money Laundering Reporting Officer, you face constant challenges in ensuring that your firm stays compliant with anti-money laundering obligations. The Law Society’s highly popular AML training equips you to effectively manage your...

Event - 05/03/2012 : compliance, law society, money laundering, Nottingham, risk management, Risk & Compliance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management, Training and educational courses

As a Money Laundering Reporting Officer, you face constant challenges in ensuring that your firm stays compliant with anti-money laundering obligations. The Law Society’s highly popular AML training equips you to effectively manage your...

Event - 05/03/2012 : compliance, law society, money laundering, risk management, Risk & Compliance, Risk & Compliance, Practice Management, Training and educational courses

As a Money Laundering Reporting Officer, you face constant challenges in ensuring that your firm stays compliant with anti-money laundering obligations. The Law Society’s highly popular AML training equips you to effectively manage your...