Time for change

Case management systems, digital dictation/time recording, sophisticated management reporting, online training, case tracking, increased risk management, budget analysis, automation, forecasting systems, outsourced overhead functions – just to mention a few concepts we have all embraced over the years to build our businesses and manage our risk.  No longer new fads but integrated systems and procedures […]

Technical Corner: STEP Standard Provisions 3rd edition – coming soon!

Technical Corner: Reminder - IHT reporting changes from January 2022

Our ‘Technical Corner’ brings you information that will help you to continue to grow and develop in your career. This month’s technical corner article comes from Emily Deane TEP, STEP Technical Counsel. If you have any questions for our panel of experts, please submit them using the contact form below. We will publish the questions […]

Automated discovery report makes estate discovery quicker

Legal technology firm Exizent has announced the launch of automated estate discovery process for solicitors through its partnership with Experian, one of the world’s leading global information services company.  The new functionality addresses a major challenge for legal services practitioners by making the process of identifying key banking assets and financial liabilities associated with an […]

LSB to set out plans for greater transparency for consumers

LSB rejects ACCA application to exit as regulator of probate services

Today, the Legal Services Board (LSB) launched a consultation on a draft statutory statement of policy on empowering consumers. Developed following engagement with the legal services regulators and others across the sector, it outlines how the regulators should ensure that people and small businesses who need legal advice have the information they need to shop […]

Arken.legal partners with Comentis to support legal professionals in the assessment of mental capacity

Arken.legal, the UK’s leading provider of expert digital solutions for the private client and estate planning industry, has today announced its partnership with Comentis, a new technology provider that helps legal professionals identify reduced mental capacity. Comentis’ unique software – the Cognitive Assessment Engine (CAE) – combines the latest technological advances with clinical expertise from […]