Miller Insurance: What now for the proposed SRA PI reforms?

We react to the reports that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have put their reforms for the professional indemnity (PI) insurance market on the back-burner. In March 2018, the SRA published a consultation “Protecting the users of legal services: balancing cost and access to legal services”, which outlines proposals for the Solicitors’ Compensation Fund and […]

LEAP Best Practice scheme celebrates a year on from launch

Scheme helps law firms mitigate risk, increase compliance and reduce professional indemnity insurance premiums. LEAP, the world’s leading legal software provider for small to mid-sized law firms, is celebrating the success of its Best Practice Standard (BPS) conveyancing accreditation scheme as it reaches its one-year milestone. The Best Practice Standard was set up to help […]

Walker Morris invests in Lexis Visualfiles to deliver efficiencies and create market differentiation

Top 100 UK multi-disciplinary law firm Walker Morris is investing in Lexis®  Visualfiles™ to deliver the stringent technology, efficiency and risk management requirements of customers and effectively compete with other high calibre law firms in its market segment. Initially the solution will be deployed to the firm’s mortgage repossession department, with a subsequent implementation to […]

Legal Workflow: What could a chatbot do for your legal firm?

Ask a lawyer about their specialist area of law and they’ll be happy to talk all day. Ask them about the technology that supports their legal practice and they’ll mostly clam up. Why? Because the technology industry seems to have a secret language all of its own that normal business people – and I include […]

Advanced Legal: How is Artificial Intelligence shaping the legal profession?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was a term first used in the 1950s to describe machines that mimic certain operations of the human mind and complete tasks that normally require human intelligence. At the core of AI today is Machine Learning, where computers use rules (algorithms) to analyse data, discern patterns and gather insight. AI is increasingly […]

Tikit announces Glanvilles Damant and Thackray Williams are the latest law firms to adopt P4W for practice and case management

Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to legal firms, today announced that Glanvilles Damant and Thackray Williams are the latest firm to adopt their practice and case management solution; Partner for Windows. Glanvilles Damant is a highly respected, full service law firm based on the Isle of Wight. They have a strong reputation for […]

Keith Dacey, one of LegalRM’s original founders retires

It is with pride but also a heavy heart that LegalRM announce the retirement of Keith Dacey. As one of the original founders of LegalRM, Keith has been an integral part of the company’s development and expansion over the past 12 years and will be missed by clients and colleagues alike.  Keith, and wife Catherine, will […]

Advanced Legal: The digitisation of the legal sector

Law firms across the UK are transforming the way they work, adapting to the continued digitisation of the legal sector. Although steeped in traditional practice methodology, many lawyers and barristers are rising to this challenge and starting to put digitisation at the heart of their growth strategy. Partly driven by the government’s Digital by Default directive […]

tmgroup: The new transparency rules come into effect

Ahead of the new price transparency rules coming into effect on 6th December 2018, tmgroup asked the industry “Will the new rules change conveyancing for the better?”. They received an overwhelming response, with many saying they were confident that the new rules “make good business sense”, and should create competitive advantages for firms that promote […]

iManage: Reducing data loss for your firm

The currency of a legal enterprise is dealing in sensitive client matters. The information and data associated with those matters must be protected. Firms must deliver a security strategy that will: Automatically prevent people acting outside policy Prevent mis-directed emails Monitor the enterprise for internal and external threats Protect the organization and its clients’ data iManage and […]