Deal with disaster

As business growth goes, McMillan Williams Solicitors has certainly had a pretty fair share. When chief information officer David Fazakerley arrived less than five years ago, the business he took on had 10 offices and 160 staff. Today it has nearly tripled that – 28 offices, with a proportionate increase in revenue to £30m. Headcount, meanwhile, […]

Seven helpful tips for renewing your law firm’s Professional Indemnity Insurance

By Tim Grant, operations manager of Trinity. Partnering with LEAP legal software, Trinity recognises that through the use of LEAP’s practice management software, improvements in security and processes play a significant and important role when presenting and negotiating terms with insurers. Professional indemnity insurance (PII) is mandatory for any solicitors’ practice. The costs are significant […]

Barristers driven by legal sector digitisation, says Advanced Legal MD

Barristers across the UK are transforming the way they work to adapt to the continued digitisation of the legal system and adhere to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). That’s according to Doug Hargrove at British software and services company Advanced, who also says that mobile and cloud technology innovations are driving these changes. Although steeped […]

tmgroup announce GDPR compliance as industry continues to rise to the challenges posed by fraudsters

PropTech company tmgroup are pleased to announce that they are GDPR compliant – following an intensive review process led by independent data protection officer, Richard Benham.  Replacing the Data Protection Directive (DPD) and the UK Data Protection Act 1998 as of 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are new regulations set out […]

NetDocuments releases ndThread for secure messaging and collaboration among professionals

NetDocuments, the leading cloud-based content management platform for law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments, has officially released ndThread, a social collaboration and matter-based messaging tool built within the NetDocuments cloud platform – now available to NetDocuments customers and prospects worldwide. The ndThread product comes to market less than six months after NetDocuments acquired […]

Fletcher Longstaff invests in Lexis Visualfiles to drive profitability and stay one step ahead

Residential conveyancing and property law firm, Fletcher Longstaff Limited, is deploying legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis Visualfiles to improve productivity and hence profitability.  By streamlining and automating business processes – from quote development through to completion of conveyancing transactions – Fletcher Longstaff will achieve time savings and efficiency gains that will improve productivity and enable […]

What’s the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

We get asked that question a lot. What’s the difference between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery? And what’s ‘resilience’ for that matter? It’s an interesting question, and there are specific industry and expert definitions. But, confusingly, they are often used interchangeably. In a broader business context, this is unhelpful. According to the BCI & DRJ, the […]

Miller Insurance Services: How legal technology can help your law firm

What prompted you to set up your own practice? I’d spent over 25 years working for large law firms and I felt I needed a new challenge. I wanted to break free, try something new and to indulge my interest in legal technology.   What’s been the biggest mistake you’ve made? I don’t think I’ve […]

iManage enhances security policy manager and threat manager

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced significant enhancements to its two core security and information governance products, iManage Threat Manager and iManage Security Policy Manager. The new features in the latest releases use cutting-edge digital technologies to better protect confidential data from a variety of internal and external threats. iManage […]

Briefing May 2018: Feel the path

Path binders  Leading law firms discuss the re-assessment of their skill mixes and bridging the worlds of legal knowledge and technology nous.   Download your copy right now. FREE  What’s in this month’s issue?    The big idea: Firms seem suddenly to be getting serious about investing in new pathways and training options for lawyers with a distinctly […]