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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 ...
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 ...
PE firm makes second big acquisition in bid to build national …
Oct 26, 2022 · Private equity firm Blixt Group has made the second major acquisition of its consolidation play in the shape of Lancashire law firm Farleys Solicitors, a £12m business now eyeing deals of its own. Blixt entered the legal market is summer 2021 by acquiring Essex law firm Fisher Jones Greenwood (FJG), with the aim of creating a £100m group over ...
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.
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 ...
ICO reprimands law firm after client data ends up on dark web
Oct 14, 2024 · A law firm that was hacked and had sensitive client data published on the dark web has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). It said Hampshire firm Levales was unaware of the security measures its third-party IT provider had in place, and was not using multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Law firm rebuked for failing to comply with undertaking
Oct 11, 2024 · A law firm that failed to comply with an undertaking it gave in a conveyancing transaction within a reasonable time has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Allsop Durn in Ruislip, North-West London, waited 14 months until the transaction had completed to discharge the mortgage on the property, according to a notice ...
What does it take to be a legal technologist? - Legal Futures
Oct 10, 2022 · The best legal technologists address these issues with a solid understanding of human-centred design and strong communication skills. Understanding data to deliver development. Another skillset that legal technologists benefit from, particularly if they are undertaking any form of product ownership function in relation to a specific technology ...
Bar disciplinary tribunal under spotlight over secrecy of hearings
16 September 2024 Posted by Neil Rose. Proudman: Wants directions hearing held in public. The secrecy of proceedings at the Bar disciplinary tribunal is under scrutiny in two high-profile cases where one barrister wants privacy and the other more openness than is usually the case. The Times reported last Wednesday that former Criminal Bar ...