Month: January 2022

This post was originally published on this siteBefore Casedo, I went paperless in 2007 when ScanSnap arrived with an Acrobat Pro licence. I would scan in my paper brief and just use my scan. This saved my back from lugging trolley bags around. I got used to Acrobat but it is a monster of a […]

This post was originally published on this siteSearchFlow – one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – is delighted to announce it has been awarded a contract worth £30 million by the Communities & Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC), to provide a comprehensive Conveyancing Framework for […]

This post was originally published on this siteIt takes an average eight calls to reach a prospect – so it’s easy to see why outbound calling can feel frustrating, or even thankless, and why it may even fall off the to-do lists of your team. But with the new year well and truly underway – it’s […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has rejected an appeal from a criminal law barrister suspended for six months by a Bar disciplinary tribunal for lewd comments to a female mini-pupil. The post Barrister suspended for lewd comments to mini-pupil fails in appeal appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteNo professional sector is immune from automation – even the law. However, the adoption of automated systems to settle routine injury claims raises a number of important ethical questions. The post Automated justice: striking the balance in injury claims appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe Legal Services Board has refused to ‘de-designate’ an accountancy body as a probate regulator over concerns that its members are now practising unregulated. The post Accountancy body refused permission to exit probate regulation appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteJudges will be doing more to encourage the involvement of junior barristers and solicitors in remote hearings, the Chancellor of the High Court has said. The post Flaux: Remote hearings robbing junior lawyers of vital experience appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor who admitted “not having noticed” that his client’s judicial review had been struck out and not working on the case for almost two years has been fined £12,500. The post Solicitor “failed to notice” client’s judicial review had been struck out appeared first on Legal Futures.