Year: 2013

First Claims Portal data since Lord Jackson reforms released

On 17 October the Claims Portal, the electronic communications solution used by solicitors and insurers for processing personal injury claims released its first data since the breadth of its activity was widened as part of Lord Jackson’s reforms of the claims process. The data was released as a quarterly update of the portals management information […]

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Finders to feature in 8th series of BBC Heir Hunters

Flame television has been commissioned by the BBC to produce an 8th series of the popular daytime genealogy and social history series Heir Hunters. For this series the work of four major probate research firms will be covered and for the first time,

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Changes to No Win No Fee and personal injury claims

A package of reforms have taken effect following the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to tackle the high cost of premiums which have affected not just drivers but also school, groups and authorities trying to insure themselves so they can stage events and activities. They include: no win, no fee law […]

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Heir hunters

Beware rogue Heir Hunters! Since the BBC Heir Hunters show began there have been many rogue traders setting up business, usually from home with no professional standing whatsoever. You should avoid becoming involved with any such companies as they probably do not have the ability, funds or knowledge to complete searches they undertake successfully. Some […]

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Trace missing will beneficiaries

Finders International – missing heirs found, and much more … Finders International was established by Managing Director Daniel Curran in 1997. Nowadays we are more commonly known as ‘Heir Hunters’ following our appearances on the BBC1 TV show of the same name. Our success is attributed to providing a fresh and dynamic approach to our […]

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Find missing heirs

We apply our proven methodical and diligent approach to each and every case we handle and, coupled with a thorough understanding of the considerable technological and historical sources currently available, successful enquiries can often be guaranteed or no fee is payable. Finders have been successfully finding missing heirs and beneficiaries for lawyers for many years. […]

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Digital dictation

Digital dictation is the natural progression in technological terms from analogue tape based recorders to digital chip based recorders. When UKTyping conceived the idea of providing offshore outsourced transcription services in 1992/3 one of our greatest challenges was that of transferring large voice files across the world at high speed and at low cost. Sun […]

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Legal process outsourcing

Outsourcing services to offshore centres with skilled workforces (principally India and the Far East, but also South Africa and other countries) is not new. Business process outsourcing (BPO) of services such as data entry, typing, transcription, database management, typesetting and other low level functions has been common for years. More recently, however, pressure on law […]

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Legal transcription services

Transcription Our legal transcription services incorporate the typing and transcription of routine correspondence, notes, minutes of meetings and other items regularly dictated by lawyers. We also transcribe recordings of proceedings at meetings, conferences, telephone conversations, interviews and hearings. Law firms regularly instruct UKTyping to deal with their day to day legal transcription needs or alternatively […]

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