If you’re au fait with the revised SRA Accounts Rules, you’ll know that part 3 includes handling client monies through the use of third-party managed accounts (TPMAs). These are an alternative to holding client money directly and have been permitted by the SRA since 2017. It’s part of the regulator’s ongoing focus on protecting client […]

Time’s running out for the revised SRA Accounts Rules which go live on 25th November. Because the rules are a simplified version of what they were before, if you already complied, it’s entirely plausible you don’t need to do anything and may still comply now. However, we advise against this myopic course of action. In […]

Not all decisions to outsource are incentivised by cost savings—law firms are perhaps one of the best examples of this. For decades, corporates have been outsourcing legal work, recognising that this is the best way to get a high-quality service. There is value to be found in working with an outsourcing provider and even more […]

Intelligent Office (IO), the leading provider of support services to the UK professional sector, continues to grow its relationship with CBRE’s Global Workspace Solutions division by delivering services at an increasing number of their clients. In addition to delivering First Impression services at their global headquarters in London, IO is also now managing the client […]

Intelligent Office UK (IO) the leading provider of secretarial and office administrative solutions to the legal and professional services sectors has had an excellent 2019, seeing growth from existing as well as new clients.  To ensure an ongoing focus on the development of IO’s offering, we are delighted to announce two senior hires to augment […]

Intelligent Office UK (IO) the leading provider of secretarial and office administrative solutions to the legal and professional services sectors has had an excellent 2019, seeing growth from existing as well as new clients.  To ensure an ongoing focus on the development of IO’s offering, we are delighted to announce two senior hires to augment […]

The legal field has traditionally been inaccessible to the layperson. The nuances of the law, legal jargon, and the intricacies of different legal systems often go over an ordinary citizen’s head, and people find themselves overwhelmed when faced with the simplest of legal tasks. Technology is changing this. New platforms, information sites and ways of […]

Repstor, the provider of Office 365-based matter management solutions, has announced a major new business win for Custodian for Legal™ with Network Rail, in collaboration with Konexo Global, Eversheds Sutherland’s newly rebranded alternative legal and compliance services division. Network Rail, the latest in a long line of big-name organisations to take up Custodian for Legal […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]