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This legislation is ever-changing and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future which means that significant time and investment is required to ensure that businesses and organisation are cove ...

The paperless office, whilst not a fantasy, is still a long way off.  People will still require hard copies of documents no matter how much they scan and destroy and these documents still need to be m ...

There is an adage: “You get what you pay for!”, and it is a saying as old as time. But in these austere times there are possible exceptions to the sentence above.  Sometimes you can be paying over the ...

Running a mailroom can be an expensive business! Along with staff running costs, the outlay on equipment required to be effective and professional and the expenditure on hosting the mailroom itself ca ...

So you’ve received a letter from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), but what does it mean?  Does it apply to you? How much should you pay?  Is this a one off fee or a yearly subscription?

If things weren’t stressful enough when you move offices, you also need to consider what you do with your physical and online data.  Yes, that’s right, your data still needs to be covered properly and ...

The data compliance/protection genre can be an absolute minefield! There are regulations and legislation that govern all of your data, whether it is soft or hard – that being either online or paper co ...

If your business requires someone to fulfil its obligation in terms of data compliance, but doesn't outsource this role to a professional outside organisation, then there are clear directives as to wh ...

Archers Law save time, reduce costs and improve efficiency with Access Legal Practice Management. 

At LegalEx, we're committed to putting on a great event to help you run, grow and prepare your legal practice, but have received a lack of direction as to what experience we can deliver in July. That' ...

One of LegalEx’s charity partners, Advocate, is celebrating 25 years of barristers fighting for access to justice. From its humble beginnings in 1996, the charity has grown to have over 4,500 voluntee ...

We caught up with Pardip Choat prior to his session at LegalEx 2021, 'Shall We Hire A Private Investigator?'. Pardip is the Founder of Elite Detectives, King’s Lynn based Private Investigators with ag ...

Taking on a large number of litigation cases can be costly to a law firm, and in the short term, it can leave them out of pocket. In particular, solicitors offering a no-win, no-fee service and self-f ...

This article was originally published on Advocate's website. Find the original article here.  For the first time in 2020, the Guidance for Applicants for the QC appointment process was updated to incl ...

We caught up with Neil Seligman, a leading international expert in Mindfulness, Resilience, and Corporate Wellbeing prior to his keynote session at LegalEx 2021. He is the Founder of The Conscious Pro ...

The Legal Secretary Journal would like to highlight five key skills you can develop to ensure success in your career. Some of these skills are not exclusive to law, and you may already possess strengt ...

The problem with the ‘stress is bad’ narrative, is that it doesn’t tell the whole story. We should be wary of stories that paint things in black and white, as they ignore the rich shades of grey that ...

A number of firms are beginning to use virtual onboarding processes for new legal employees. We share our tips for making an impact when starting from home.

LawCare's Gemma Matthews speaks to lawyer and nutritional consultant Kristy Coleman about the gut/brain connection, eating for good mental health, common bad habits around food in the legal profession ...

Sometimes it can be hard to tell there is a problem. It’s been a very difficult 12 months for all of us and you may have got so used to working at a certain pace or feeling a certain way that you don’ ...