What Should An IT Department Do In Relation To Cyber Security?
UK law firms are now starting to realise that responsibility for cyber security doesn’t just lie within the IT team, and that technical controls alone can’t protect a business from today’s attacks. I often see the phrase ‘cyber security is a people issue not an IT issue’. It’s true that this needs to be a […]
Housing Stock Returns As Confidence Improves
New instructions, housing supply, buyer enquiries and agreed sales all increased in January as the UK enjoys a post-Brexit boom in activity. Despite supply falling to historically low levels at the end of 2019, with fewer than 43 properties per estate agency branch, the RICS UK Residential Survey for January suggests that new instructions are […]
Law Society Remind Firms Of Solicitor Indemnity Fund Closure
The Law Society has reminded the legal sector that the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) will close to new claims from 30 September 2020. The fund, which currently provides ongoing professional indemnity insurance (PII) to closed firms from the end of their mandatory six-year run off period, will no longer cover firms which closed after 30 […]
Ex Solicitor Found Guilty Of Forgery And Fraud
Having been struck off the roll of solicitors last year for misconduct spanning over five years, Martin Burnett has now pleaded guilty to allegations of forgery and fraud. The offences were committed in May 2011 and relate to a conveyancing transaction he was instructed to carry out. In 2007, a Cumbrian couple, Barbara and Lawrence […]