Steven Taylor has joined specialist risk and compliance business Legal Eye as Compliance Adviser. Steven brings an extensive background in banking and in litigation funding as well as direct experience as a MLRO, further strengthening the depth and breadth of experience available from the Legal Eye team.
Read moreThe new SRA Standards and Regulations will allow solicitors to work in non-regulated practices, carrying the title ‘solicitor’. The handbook has been extensively re-written to provide a shorter set of rules, with less guidance and indicative behaviours. More will be left to the individual judgement of the solicitor, particularly those working alone in non-regulated practices.
Read moreChanges to the Civil Liability Act and the introduction of a new online platform for dealing with claims will mean that personal injury firms are forced to rethink their business models. Major change is widely expected by April 2020 that is expected to cut PI lawyers out of dealing with claims in many cases
Read more£44m fine for Google shows GDPR concerns are very real. Law firms should be wary of complacency in complying with data protection rules or risk coming unstuck.
Read moreLegal Eye, a subsidiary of ULS Technology is delighted to announce that Groundsure, the environmental search provider, is the first business of its kind to achieve the Legal Eye Quality Standard (LEQS).
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