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Top of the Blogs Mental Health

Record-breaking year for LawCare’s support channels 

In their latest press release LawCare’s Chief Executive, Elizabeth Rimmer, discusses the findings from the 2024 Impact Report in which it was revealed that over 1000 legal professionals reached out for support in the past year. With an increase of 24% since 2021 and a 35% rise in the use of webchat support it is clear that wellbeing challenges in the legal sector remain a pressing issue.

Top of the Blogs General

THE S 25 ‘STATUTORY EXERCISE’ IS NOTHING OTHER THAN ‘AN EMPEROR WITH NO CLOTHES’ – IT IS TIME TO DETHRONE IT

Ashley Murray provides a financial remedies update which examines the Law Commission’s recent report, highlighting systemic failures, unpredictability, and urgent calls for reform. Murray discusses why the current statutory exercise is likened to ‘an emperor with no clothes’ and why action, not further debate, is essential for a more equitable and accessible legal framework.

Top of the Blogs Business Management

Unconscious bias … how cyber criminals are using this against you!

In this article, Debra Cairns, Managing Director at Net-Defence discusses how cybercriminals exploit unconscious biases and human behaviours to launch successful attacks. From social engineering tactics to psychological manipulation, learn key strategies for law firms to reduce human risks, strengthen cyber awareness, and create a security-conscious team.

Top of the Blogs Property Law

Duncan Lewis’ Housing Team Secures Landmark Court of Appeal Victory in Homelessness Case

Solicitor Amandeep Bains of Duncan Lewis Housing team shares commentary on their recent success at the Court of Appeal, quashing Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s refusal of a second homelessness application. This landmark ruling clarifies what constitutes ‘new’ facts for fresh applications and reinforces procedural obligations for local authorities. Discover the significant implications for applicants and legal practitioners

The Divorce Revolution

Family law blogger John Bolch examines divorce, the new law that has come into effect on April 1st and whether it will reduce animosity, encourage mediation and improve the system as a whole.

5 Tips to Help Your Law Firm with Anti Money Laundering

Anti-money laundering for law firms has always been a concern, what is “enough” information on a client to determine they’re legitimate, and their money is legal? But over the past few years there has been a growing concern within the industry as a whole, specifically pushed by the SRA and Law Society that enough simply isn’t being done. Take for example the story of Mishcon de Reya being fined for AML compliance breaches. They were smacked with a fine of £232,500 which highlights the reinvigorated push for better AML compliance and AML checks within law firms.

With the need for more stringent anti-money laundering checks in the legal sector, we have put together a list of some top tips on how to help you combat money-laundering.

An Introduction to Tracing Direct

Regarded as one of the most efficient, swift, and responsive finders of people. Tracing direct has been committed to assisting organisations identify rightful beneficiaries to both intestate and testate estates for over fifteen years. Established in 2007, Tracing Direct has developed a successful and proven strategy to locate unknown beneficiaries around the globe. Their proficient […]

Is Alpha Legal the *fastest* as well as the most secure way to collect and verify ID? Take 3 minutes to read this and decide for yourself

We’ve been analysing the time being taken by clients to complete their ID document requests within Alpha Legal. We’re regularly seeing start-to-finish times of 3 minutes now.  That’s literally 3 minutes for the user to Compare that to the physical process of visiting you in your office, bringing their paperwork in, having you photocopy or scan it and then you […]

Learn How to Protect Yourself from Ransomware with These Cybersecurity Essentials

From the attack on Hackney council to the Kaseya attack that demanded $70 Million USD, ransomware is posing more of a threat than ever. Especially thanks to COVID-19. For those who are unfamiliar, ransomware is a type of malware that is stealthily installed on an unsuspecting user’s P.C to extract money from their organisation. Before we go into how to […]

The Changing Landscape of Family Law for England and Wales in 2022

Family law webinar: Family law in England and Wales is changing rapidly. This webinar will dig into some of the key upcoming changes for 2022, specifically looking at the Family Law Language Project, no-fault divorce, and the shift towards non-court dispute resolution. CPD certificates available upon request Learning Objectives: About OurFamilyWizard Working alongside clients on […]

Find new clients on virtual law platform Lawyer 365

Law firms are constantly seeking new ways to stay ahead of the competition and market their legal services. Like all businesses, law firms need to be marketing themselves to attract new potential clients and must consistently engage with prospects at every point in the customer journey to succeed. In the digital age, where attention is […]

Introducing Casedo

The challenge we have as a business is that Casedo is not a tool that has equivalents, people don’t know that they need it, because they have only ever used document viewers, PDF Editors and Word Processors to manage their groups of related documents. Casedo offers a no-tab workflow where all your documents appears as […]

The benefits of a remote AML check for solicitors

In the legal sector, money laundering is a growing concern for most law firms. Fraudsters continue to take advantage of weak security measures and they continue to slip through the safety net. Creating a continued threat to practices. AML checks are a critical process in a law firm’s security measures to mitigate the risk of […]

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