SRA Risk Outlook 2018/19

Today the SRA have released their Risk Outlook 2018/19. They have included two new priority risks this year: 1. Managing claims ‘We are increasingly concerned about the practises of some firms that offer personal injury work, including holiday sickness claims. Similarly, some firms bringing payment protection insurance claims may not always be meeting the high […]

Blockchain development could safeguard evidence

blockchain

A leading global provider of digital evidence management has filed a patent application to tie blockchain security to its software. Caselines – which is currently digitising trial bundles in the courts – has called on justice ministries and law firms across the globe to embrace the technology. The latest move, which is thought to be […]

Redbrick Solutions shortlisted for Innovation and Excellence Award

The Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards 2019 celebrate the success and achievements of firms and individuals that have taken an innovative approach to demonstrate exceptional business performance.  Redbrick Solutions are delighted to have been nominated and shortlisted for this prestigious award.  The awards honour those who standout as consistently showing best practice in every […]

There are now more women practising as solicitors than men

Female Solicitors

The Law Society of England and Wales has revealed there are now more women practising as solicitors than men. In a “historic shift”, out of 139,624 PC holders, 50.1% are women. Women also account for 48% of solicitors working in private practice. What’s more, women made up 61.6% of new admissions in 2016/17. And, on […]