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64% of firms plan to collect and bill more frequently in 2024, BigHand’s latest research confirms
BigHand has released it’s 2024 Annual Law Firm Finance Report with survey results from 800 senior legal finance roles, CEOs and Managing Partners in law firms of 100+ lawyers across the UK and North America.
New year, new data security policy?
Client Advisor, Dave Parry, provides some top tips and solutions on how to stay resilient against cyber attacks in the coming year!
Identifying risks to profit leakage
As profit leakages continually pose risks to their financial health, almost all firms have looked to raise the billable hours targets in 2023, while around half of UK firms had done so by more than 10%.
Clyde & Co selects LexisNexis® as global partner to deliver Lexis® Everyfile
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, the specialist software solutions division of LexisNexis UK, has announced a legal technology partnership with world leading law firm, Clyde &Co.
Distinguished Recognition: Presenting an ILFM Honorary Fellowship upon Jatinderpal Loyal
Tim Kidd, Chief Executive of the ILFM, has confirmed Jatinderpal Loyal has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Legal Finance & Management for his outstanding contribution to the legal profession.
Construction Escrow: The saviour of ‘pay now, argue later’?
Robert Fenwick Elliott is credited with coining the phrase ‘pay now, argue later’ in the context of construction operations as he advised Lord Howie in early 1996 on how the statutory adjudication process (which came to exist in the Construction Act 1996) should work.
International M&A specialist joins O’Connors
Liverpool and London-based business lawyers and advisers, O’Connors, has appointed international M&A specialist, Yousra Gamgoum as an Associate in its legal team to broaden its international support for clients.
Enhanced CQS training courses with digital conveyancing insight to be available for Access Legal customer
Access Legal, one of the only approved providers of CQS training alongside The Law Society, launches new Update courses in line with the new 2023 – 2024 syllabus.
LexisNexis announces the start of a UK commercial preview of Lexis+ AI
Lexis+ AI delivers secure generative AI tools grounded in LexisNexis’ unrivalled legal content to fuel efficiency, effectiveness, and reliable results for lawyers
3 Payment methods lawyers should offer
When it comes to paying for their legal costs, clients today want three things: convenience, security, and flexibility. Law firms with limited lawyer payment methods aren’t giving their customers what they want and expect—which ultimately hurts their bottom line.
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Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
The gap between the number of road traffic accident injuries and the number of motor injury claims continues to widen, according to the latest government data.
Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
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