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Lawyers paid up to £250 an hour for virtual appointments via app
Wednesday, 20 October 2021Lawyers can now earn £250 an hour without leaving home by carrying out remote video consultations with clients. This is being offered by the “Lawyer 365” app to qualified lawyers who want to work “flexibly”. Lawyers are told they can work from home or their usual workplace.
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Starck Uberoi Solicitors enhance digital offering with Verify 365
Thursday, 26 August 2021Following on from implementation of Lawyer 365 in April 2021, Starck Uberoi Solicitors’ clients can now verify their identity and have an end-to-end digital application experience through the integration of online ID verification app Verify 365.
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Why do lawyers insist on holding onto the old ways?
Friday, 20 August 2021Imagine this. You are driving down the motorway at the actual speed limit of 70MPH in your lovely shiny new car. As you come up to your junction, you signal left. As you come off your junction you slam on your breaks sending your phone flying off the passenger seat into the foot well and leaving you in a breath daze. What on earth happened? What suddenly forced you to break?
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What is the “Safe Harbour” status for legal matters?
Friday, 23 July 2021Cast your mind only a couple of years back into the past and consider how the vast majority of client anti-money laundering (AML) checks and ID Verifications were performed. Most law practices required clients to come into their office to present admin staff with both a copy of their ID and address. For conveyancers there was the added task of understanding a client’s source of funds, verifying their risk profile, as well as collating and analysing bank statements to satisfy the AML requirements.
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What is the future of client AML and ID verifications?
Tuesday, 13 July 2021Over the last few months, as we have been deploying our AML and client ID solution to clients. Many of the conversations we have been having with law firms have followed a general theme of “what does the future of client verification look like and how do we stay compliant?”. Below we have taken the liberty to compile our thoughts on this to share with you.
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Lawyer 365 to launch its subscription suite in July 2021
Tuesday, 29 June 2021New subscription suite for law firms looking to grow their business in today’s challenging market. Lawyer 365 is continuing to line up strategic partners, as it targets 1 July 2021 for the official UK launch of its subscription plans, according to Lawtech 365’s CEO, Rudi Kesic. The Warwickshire-based company has already secured several large national law brands on the platform, all with a significant share of the English legal market, and many smaller law firms have come on board in recent weeks.
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Verify 365 launch NFC verification app for biometric documents
Monday, 17 May 2021Verify 365, a legal sector identity verification company that protects law firms and their clients from online identity fraud, has launched a near-field communication (NFC) verification platform that enables consumers to validate NFC-compatible identity documents with both iOS and Android devices.
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Lawyer 365 Review – Find a lawyer near you
Monday, 19 April 2021Lawyer 365 is an innovative platform and mobile app to help people get free initial legal advice and find local lawyers. Here is a quick review.
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Why is it important for law firms to invest in virtual practice technology?
Friday, 16 April 2021The future of the legal sector is digital. This has been made apparent by both the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Law Society of England and Wales in their long-term plans, which predicts that in 10 years’ time, the existing model of legal service provision will be markedly different and based on a ‘digital first’ approach.
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How to build maximum value in your law firm
Thursday, 4 March 2021There are several ways for experts to calculate a law firm’s valuation. For a start, there are many reasons why your accountant should never undertake the valuation of your solicitors’ practice. What’s wrong with my accountant, you say? Surely your accountant, given their knowledge of your businesses and their accounting skills, should be perfectly suited to valuing a business?
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