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With financial transactions taking place digitally and instantly across the globe, there has been an increasing need for robust anti money laundering (AML) measures to help combat financial crime and identity fraud, with a growing legal obligation on the Legal and Property sectors to carry out a high level of due diligence on their clients.
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Legal Workflow announce: Three legal specialists join forces to support ‘people in law firms’
Today sees the launch of an innovative legal sector-specific group of like-minded professionals, dedicated and passionate about delivering holistic and value-adding consultancy services to law firms, called the Baskerville Drummond Group. Comprising founding members Legal Workflow Ltd, Baskerville Drummond Consulting Ltd and Jayva UK Ltd, Baskerville Drummond Group offers an entirely people-focused solution which is […]
Automate policy, remove guesswork and improve efficiency with Enable Business Solutions
Ensuring your law firm has an accurate policy and process to track billable hours is crucial to a law firm’s existence both for justifying billing and, understanding and predicting WIP and profitability. Most firms have time recording systems in place, and detailed policies to ensure the fee earner and the firm meet their targets. However, […]
How to check email recipients with cleanDocs from DocsCorp
A new report out (October 2019) by 2Twenty4 Consulting shows that of the 212 reported data breaches to the ICO by top 150 law firms since the introduction of the GDPR, 41% of these were due to people emailing the wrong recipient. cleanDocs email recipient checking from DocsCorp helps reduce the risk by ensuring you […]
How to keep your data in safe hands, with Tikit
One of the biggest modern risk areas is data. And preventing it from falling in the wrong hands. Use of email can be the greatest contributor to this risk and there are two elements to this. The most recent, and fastest growing, is that of emails being hacked or copied to facilitate bank fraud. A […]
The Agile Firm roundtable events 2019
Last tickets available for th Agile Firm Manchester event! Click here to find out more. Our community and complimentary roundtable events bring together leading law, financial and professional services firms to share how agile workflow technology and agile workspace design can transform the way your firm does business. Designed for Managing Partners, CTOs, COOs, CIOs, […]
Why choose FlashPad by Accessoint Legal Services
FlashPad is an eco-friendly and innovative approach to sending all your notes from paper straight into your PMS, chosen folders or client case files. The new generation pads contain a sleek, paper like material that feel just like the real thing but they take the power of a notepad further. Branded FlashPad Notebooks Customise your […]
iManage and Cognia Law partner globally to deliver practical AI solutions
iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work and Cognia Law, a next generation law company today, announced a partnership to deliver meaningful and practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to organizations globally. The RAVN engine of the iManage technology platform, combined with Cognia Law’s professional consulting and managed legal services expertise, will help law […]
Kirsten Maslen at Thomson Reuters on the advent of the new ‘D-shaped’ lawyer
The last 10 years have seen a shift in how legal services are delivered as the market becomes more data-driven, transparent and fragmented, according to Kirsten Maslen, director of small law and academic at Thomson Reuters. With the power on the ‘buy’ side, what skills and attributes must a lawyer have to keep clients happy? […]
Vin Chauhan at Brady Solicitors discusses how Katchr significantly transformed its finance and business reporting processes
Good data and financial information have always been an integral part of running a business, but in recent years the necessity to pull out business intelligence and management information quickly and drill down into data to gain insights has been on the rise, especially in the legal sector. Established in 2008, Brady Solicitors continues to […]
Case study: James Temple at Seddons on how partnering with CTS resulted in better staff performance
Seddons is an SME law firm based in London’s west end. It advises UK and international clients on a range of specialisms including residential and commercial real estate, family law, corporate law and immigration, among others. The firm hopes to further build on its practice areas in the coming years, improving both its service delivery […]
Nick Hayne at Quiss has some dos and don’ts when selecting a managed services provider
You are aware your IT environment is not all it should be, and it’s holding back your business. So you call in the consultants or invite a number of managed IT service providers to pitch solutions that will resolve your problems. You and your management team sit through all the presentations and hear what can […]
Ward Hadaway selects BigHand Quantum
Top 100 law firm Ward Hadaway is a major player in the north of England with over 90 partners across three offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester. As part of a strategic review of the firm’s technology stack, BigHand Quantum was chosen to replace the previous B.I. tool and provide a comprehensive view of financial […]
Kate Arnott at MHA on how firms can significantly reduce their lockup rates
Cash remains king in professional services firms, with poor cashflow being the largest contributor to the failure of law firms in recent times. Lockup therefore continues to be a hot topic, as the amount of cash tied up in either work-inprogress (WIP), or debtors, directly impacts the ability of partners to draw profits. It can […]