The following article has been written by Steve Jones, the Managing Director of The SANS Institute UK. As SANS Cyber Academy 2015 has closed its doors, I’d like to share some highlights from the time we’ve spent with the Cyber Academy students. The retrospective seems apt as we recently celebrated the students’ graduation from the Academy. The photos and video of that…
Bowden Jones Solicitors is proud to be able to continue to offer access to justice within criminal law as being one of only nine firms within South Wales, and one of just over five hundred across the UK, to win a tender for the provision of Legal Aid duty work. The Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”), in a bid…
A client of Bowden Jones Solicitors, has successfully had his sentence reduced at the Court of Appeal in London. Our client was involved in drug offences in the Cardiff area. The client had originally been given a term of 48 months. The appeal was based on the term being “Manifestly Excessive”. We were successful in getting the term reduced. This resulted in…
2015 is the year that Law firms, both large and small need to address the ever-growing threat of cyber crime. Hackers are already targeting Law firms, and this is not by accident. Cyber criminals are fully aware of the valuable data and monies that pass through a solicitor’s system and are targeting their vulnerabilities. The reality for Law firms is…
The announcement of winners of new legal aid contracts – promised by the end of September – has been delayed to 15 October, the Ministry of Justice has announced. A statement from the MoJ said: ‘We regret that we will not be able to notify bidders this week about the outcome of the crime duty tender, as previously indicated. We understand the…
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Legal Cashier to join a busy and growing law Firm based in the centre of Cardiff on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be reporting directly in to the Business & Finance Director. Key Responsibilities Banking All ledger postings Bank reconciliations Petty cash reconciliation Expenses. Maintaining the Firm’s accounting software (Perfect…