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Bold Legal Group member wins tmgroup’s quarterly prize draw (LF)

Commercial property solicitor Howard Meakin of Spratt Endicott Truman has won tmgroup’s quarterly prize draw, bagging himself a coveted technology prize bundle.

Rob Hailstone May 4, 2016

Law Society annual professional indemnity insurance survey confirms favourable market for firms

For the second year running professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal went smoothly for the vast majority of firms, the Law Society of England and Wales’s 2015-16 PII survey has found.

Rob Hailstone May 3, 2016

Law Society to discuss concerns over anti-money laundering reforms (LSG)

A Law Society taskforce will meet this week to discuss government plans to overhaul the UK’s anti-money laundering regime, amid concerns about a threat to a statutory defence available to

Rob Hailstone May 3, 2016

PII costs fall – but attempted fraud is rampant, Law Society reveals (LSG)

Professional indemnity insurance renewal in 2015/16 was plain sailing for most firms, with average costs falling 8% year on year, latest research reveals.

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2016

One in five law firms targeted by scammers in past year, Law Society research reveals (LF)

More than one in five law firms (22%) have been targeted by scammers in the past year, research for the Law Society has revealed. Money was successfully stolen from client

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2016

Law Society queries guidance on complaint signposting (LSG)

The Law Society has questioned what evidence there is to show solicitors are not telling clients about their right to complain.

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2016

‘Don’t wait to innovate,’ SRA tells in-house solicitors (LSG)

In-house solicitors could benefit from greater regulatory flexibility ahead of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s much-anticipated new era of simplified regulation.

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2016

Conveyancing initiatives put the emphasis on modernisation (EAT)

Two initiatives appear to show efforts by the conveyancing industry to make its house transaction processes quicker and more appropriate to the 21st century.

Rob Hailstone April 28, 2016

Growing ‘CEO fraud’ cybercrime “presents risk to law firms” (LF)

Law firms need to guard against the type of cybercrime called ‘CEO fraud’, which has netted criminals millions of pounds, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Rob Hailstone April 28, 2016

Susskind: ‘You have five years to reinvent the legal profession’ (LSG)

The legal profession has until early next decade to prepare for massive technological advances that will reshape the industry, according to a renowned legal futurologist.

Rob Hailstone April 28, 2016

Law Society AGM

The Annual General Meeting of members of the Law Society will be held at the Society’s Hall on Thursday, 14 July 2016, at 2.30 p.m

Rob Hailstone April 27, 2016

Property sellers warned not to email solicitors: ‘We lost £204,000’

People buying or selling properties should avoid communicating with their solicitors and conveyancers by email, experts warn, as the wave of “Friday afternoon fraud” – where criminals hack into email

Rob Hailstone April 26, 2016