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Niche ABS goes public ahead of market listing “in three or four years”
A niche health and social care alternative business structure has incorporated as a public limited company as a prelude to a future expansion and stock exchange listing. Ridouts Solicitors has no immediate plans to become a listed company but was getting it “ducks in a row” so as to be ready for when it happens.
All change at the Ministry of Justice under new PM
It is all change at the Ministry of Justice yesterday after accountant Liz Truss was named as the first woman Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, and it appeared that civil justice minister Lord Faulks was stepping down from his role.
Chambers in “widespread non-compliance” with diversity rules, study finds
Large numbers of barristers’ chambers are flouting an obligation to publish diversity data and the Bar Standards Board has been “unsophisticated” in its implementation of Legal Services Board diversity rules, a significant study has concluded.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions for September
Andy Sommerville, director of Search Acumen, comments on the HMRC property transactions for September
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions wins ‘2015 Microsoft Dynamics ISV of the Year’ award
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a provider of technology solutions to professional services organisations, today announced that the company has won the title of 2015 Microsoft Dynamics ISV of the Year Winner for the United Kingdom.
Landmark ruling means will disputes could rise
A landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal could make it easier for adult children to challenge wills if they don’t believe their parents have left them a reasonable provision leading to a rise in the number of wills being disputed.
SRA plans radical liberalisation of CPD requirements
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is looking at whether to abolish all of the prescriptive requirements around continuing professional development (CPD) and leave it to solicitors and their firms to decide how best to ensure their continuing competence.
Wedding planners, dentists, pizza chefs – and solicitors, naturally
A marketing group that is set to link wedding planning, cosmetic dentistry and ultimately a pizza chain, is aiming to create the largest legal brand in the UK with an annual advertising spend of £6m by early next year.
New alternative business structure invests in Eclipse's Proclaim solution
Autonet Law LLP, which was granted its ABS licence by the SRA in April 2013, has selected Eclipse’s Proclaim Practice Management Software solution.
MoJ slaps away Bar Council call to scrap Legal Services Board
The Ministry of Justice has thrown cold water on the Bar Council’s call to abolish the Legal Services Board (LSB). On Saturday, Bar Council chairman Michael Todd QC said the new Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling, was sympathetic to concerns that the legal profession is over-regulated.
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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.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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