LawNet is responding to the growing compliance burden by announcing the development of a new risk management portal for its members. The online portal will help firms manage the introduction of the SRA Handbook and Outcomes-Focussed Regulation (OFR) and is described as providing real tools for firms to use day-to-day.

LawNet, the leading network for independent legal firms, has announced a further new member – Grant Saw LLP in south east London.

The changing legal services market offers big opportunities to mid size firms, according to managing and senior partners attending this year’s LawNet conference.

Niche markets and new technology solutions were the big story for this year’s LawNet awards.

LawNet is to provide its CPD accredited training free of charge to members, saying it wants to help firms maintain training standards against a backdrop of tough economic trading conditions

A tie-up between leading law firm network LawNet and LexisNexis will open the door to further online markets for LawNet member firms, following the announcement of the new LexisSmart platform.

LawNet, the leading network for independent legal firms, has announced four new members – Breeze & Wyles in Hertfordshire, Denison Till in York, Godloves in Leeds, and Swinburne and Jackson in the North East.

A group of leading independent firms are pioneering online legal service delivery following an exclusive deal between the LawNet network and Epoq’s DirectLaw online document automation.

Yorkshire firm Godloves Solicitors has been admitted as a member of LawNet, the leading law firm network.