Access Legal - Legal Futures
Access Legal is part of The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software to mid-sized organisations. It helps more than 35,000 customers across commercial and not-for-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Its innovative Access Workspace cloud solution transforms the way business software is used, giving every ...
Acquisitions for law firms backed by hedge fund and private equity
Feb 2, 2024 · Meanwhile, Fletchers Group has made its latest acquisition since being bought by private equity firm Sun European Partners in the shape of Serious Injury Law (SIL). The SIL brand will be retained for the combined serious injury team, as will its offices in Bolton and Cambridge. It has three equity partners and 46 staff.
News - Legal Futures
Nov 4, 2024 · Law firm acquired by private equity aims to double in size in a year. The latest law firm to be bought by private equity has ambitions to more than double in size in just a year, its chief executive has revealed. Read More. 8 November 2024.
What is the procedure for proving a missing or lost Will?
Jan 13, 2021 · The procedure for proving a copy Will is set out in Rule 54 of the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 (‘NCPR’). The application is made to the Probate Registry at which the application for the grant will be made and the order can be made by a district judge or registrar. The application must be supported by evidence in the form of an ...
Questions about Metamorph intensify after Beaumont Legal sale
Nov 7, 2022 · LegalZoom had acquired Beaumont Legal in 2016 for £6.4m but sold it because of its sub-par performance. Like many of the Metamorph companies, Beaumont’s annual accounts are overdue. Its most recent accounts, for the 18 months to 30 June 2020 – and so affected in the last three and a half months by lockdown – showed a turnover of £9.5m ...
Shut-down firm ordered to pay former staff £375,000
May 22, 2020 · A law firm shut down by its regulator last year has been ordered to pay former staff £375,000 for multiple employment law breaches. The Foster Partnership, which operated from four offices in Kent, was closed by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers last October for unspecified breaches of the code of conduct and to protect the interests of clients.
Search insurance – Cover, Claims and Common Misconceptions
Jan 26, 2021 · Search insurance – Cover, Claims and Common Misconceptions. 26 January 2021. By Legal Futures’ Associates Redbrick Solutions. It is estimated that 1 in 3 property transactions require some form of search or indemnity insurance and yet it is often seen as an ‘add on’ to the conveyancing process. Because of the increasing need for ...
Online legal training & CPD courses - Legal Futures
Jan 11, 2024 · At Legal Futures, we’ve been keeping solicitors up to date with the latest changes in the legal market for over a decade via our ground-breaking journalism and conferences. And through our predecessor, LIPs Legal, we’ve been providing practical, online CPD training for 16 years to literally thousands of legal professionals.
Funeral and burial disputes - Legal Futures
Oct 30, 2020 · When dealing with burial disputes, the court will consider the following factors: the deceased’s wishes; the reasonable requirements and wishes of family and friends who are left to grieve; the place the deceased was most closely connected with; and. ensuring that the body is disposed of with respect and without delay.
Clients' desperation grows as impact of Simplify cyber-attack …
Nov 15, 2021 · Clients’ desperation grows as impact of Simplify cyber-attack stretches on. Desperate consumers are looking at the feasibility of changing their lawyer as the impact of the cyber-attack on Simplify, the conveyancing giant, stretches into a second week. The attack has generated ever more and more negative publicity as well, along with a string ...