Lockton's Calum MacLean on Conveyancing Risk
Calum MacLean works out of the London and Bristol offices of risk management specialists Locktons. Today’s Conveyancer spoke to Calum about why conveyancing law is a risky business…. How much of your work is with conveyancing solicitors? ‘We work with a wide range of solicitors – currently around 700 firms from sole practitioners right up […]
Land Registry to destroy original docs
The Land Registry is changing what documents are needed to change the register of a registered property at the end of June. Original documents will no longer need to be sent, only certified copies of deeds or documents need to be sent with applications either through the post or electronically. If you send an original […]
CLC publishes financial statement
The CLC has published its Financial Statements for 2013 here. The figures indicate that the new Chief Executive Sheila Kumar has put the specialist property law regulator onto a solid financial footing. There were unforeseeable financial burdens on the CLC last year because of an increase in the number and scale of interventions needed to […]
SRA important phone numbers change
The SRA will change some important telephone numbers in the first week of June. On Thursday June 5 the Contact Centre, Professional Ethics number and the confidential reporting line Red Alert will replace the 08 at the beginning with 03. A message will play when users attempt to call on the 08 number, advising them […]
Searchflow Conveyancing Sentiment Survey
SearchFlow, a leading information and data provider for the property transaction market, is today unveiling findings predicting strong sector growth in its second Conveyancer Sentiment Survey. The research showed that confidence is appearing to return to the marketplace with more than half (59%) of conveyancers expecting their business to continue to grow by 10% or […]
Suffolk Life expands solicitor panel for SIPP commercial property into Scotland and Northern Ireland
Suffolk Life, one of the UK’s leading providers and administrators of SIPPs, has expanded their solicitor panel to enhance buying and selling commercial property within their SIPPs in both Scotland and Northern Ireland. Suffolk Life has named DWF, Curle Stewart and Bond Dickinson for Scotland, and Tughans and Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors complete the panel for […]
Building Society chooses Shakespeares conveyancing
Shakespeares wins major contract with Coventry Building Society Following an intensive tender process, growing Midlands law firm Shakespeares has successfully won renewed and extended contracts with Coventry Building Society’s legal panel to deliver re-mortgaging and conveyancing services. Shakespeares and Coventry Building Society have been working partners for 25 years. Shakespeares partner Paul Saunders said: “This […]
The digital technology changing the way switchboards operate
Telephone answering specialist Moneypenny has introduced a brand new technology product that is changing the way large companies handle incoming calls. Developed by Moneypenny’s in-house IT team and based on more than 14 years’ experience, Digital Reception offers a world-first in voice recognition (VR) accuracy, enabling companies to employ a full technology solution to […]
